He graduated in journalism and political science from the University of Warsaw in 2000.
At 16, he began writing for the weekly-paper Na przełaj. In spite of communist-era censorship, he published a shocking collection of reportages titled The Shrift, which were about gay and lesbian youth in Poland.[1]
As a TV presenter of the popular program Na każdy temat (On Every Topic), Szczygieł was the first person in Poland to publicly speak the word "orgasm" on screen.
In 2002, he stopped working for TV Polsat and concentrated on writing for Gazeta Wyborcza. Presently, he is the first assistant manager of the weekly supplement Duży Format and assistant manager of its reportage-section.[1]
His work is cited in every anthology of contemporary Polish journalism [citation needed]. Most notable are his studies of the Czechoslovak, and especially Czech, culture and life-style. His popular book Gottland (2006), is, according to Adam Michnik, the first cubistic reportage of the world. It received the European Book Prize as well as Polish Booksellers Prize as an extremely popular book on everything Czech.[1]
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^"Mariusz Szczygieł as the Journalist of the Year according to Press". Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
^"Mariusz Szczygieł Dziennikarzem Roku 2013". tvp.info (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^"Prezydent: "Gazeta" była zaangażowana w walkę o wolność". prezydent.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^"Mariusz Szczygieł: Nigdy nie zwierzałem się, że jestem człowiekiem z męczącą przypadłością" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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