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Wroniec may refer to:
- Wroniec, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a village
- Wroniec (book), a novel by Jacek Dukaj
'Wroniec ' (meaning Crowman) is a fantasy novel published in 2009 by the Polish science fiction writer Jacek Dukaj, published in Poland by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The novel is extensively illustrated by Jakub Jabłoński. It was nominated for the prime Polish award for science-fiction literature, the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, as well as the Angelus award, in 2009. It also received the Autumn 2009 prize of the Poznański Przegląd Nowości Wydawniczych (Poznań Review of New Publications).
The book is presented in the form of a fairy tale for children and tells the story of a fantasy-like adventure of a young boy during the martial law in Poland of the December 1981. Due to its layered nature, it contains numerous serious references to the events surrounding the controversial martial law in question and is targeted more at adults than at children. The author himself has described the book as a "dark, national phantasmagoria in the form of a children's fairy tale". The structure of the book, in particular, addressing the martial law through an overtly children's book format, has caused some controversy in Poland and has sparked a discussion about the public perception of the martial law events.