New Day (novel) New Day (novel) New Day is a 1949 book by Jamaican author V. S. Reid. It was Reid's first novel. "New Day" deals with the political history of Jamaica as told by a character named Campbell, who is a boy at the time of the Morant Bay Rebellion (in 1865) and an old man during its final chapters. It may have been the first novel to use Jamaican vernacular as its language of narration. Reid employed the Jamaican dialect as a springboard for creating a distinctive literary variant and for achieving a greater depth in the English language. Reid was
Day of the Wacko awarded a Golden Lion (Złoty Lew), Marek Kondrat individually for best actor, and Maria Chilarecka for sound. "Day of the wacko" was also rewarded with Prize of the President of Association of Polish People of Film (Nagroda Prezesa Stowarzyszenia Filmowców Polskich). Day of the Wacko Day of the wacko () is a 2002 comedy-drama from Poland, about a day in the life of Adaś Miauczyński, a Polish language teacher suffering from OCD and trying to write a verse. It stars Marek Kondrat, Piotr Machalica, Andrzej Grabowski and Janina Traczykówna. It was directed by Marek Koterski and is distributed by Vision.