 He has a sister, Wanda Tkaczyszyn , and a nephew named Matthew Reitmajer living in the US.He is a past winner of the Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna Award, the Barbara Sadowska Award, Polish-German Days of Literature Award, Gdynia Literary Prize and the Paszport Polityki Award.Critics from "Ha!art" magazine published a book about him, "Jesień już Panie a ja nie mam domu".