Jacek Dukaj (born 30 July 1974 in Tarnów, Poland) is a Polish science fiction writer. Winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010), Slakfa (2000, 2007, 2009), Zulawski Award (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012), Koscielski Award (2008) and the European Union Prize for Literature (2009). In 2013 Dukaj received Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.