 Joint winner of the Decibel Penguin Prize and sole recipient of the "BIKE Magazine" Philosopher of the Year award.Marek was also the managing editor of the prison literary magazine "Not Shut Up", a member of the English PEN Readers & Writers committee and founded of OFF PRESS, an independent publishing house which has worked with the British Council, English PEN, the Southbank Centre, the Polish Cultural Institute and the Mayor of London.His work has been published in numerous journals, including "The White Review", "The Guardian", "3AM Magazine" and "Poetry Wales".