Akademia pana Kleksa (novel)

Akademia Pana Kleksa takes place at a magical academy for wizards run by the eccentric professor Ambroży Kleks (Ambrose Inkblot). The school is located in the fictional Fairylandia, at the end of Chocolate Street. The book follows Adaś Niezgódka (Adam Contrary), an unhappy, bullied 12-year-old boy who is guided to the academy by a raven blackbird. Adaś, along with 23 other boys attending the school—all of whose names begin with the letter "A"—are taught magical subjects by Kleks, including "kleksografia" ("inkblotography"), weaving of the letters, and how to magically repair broken objects. ==Sequels==

Akademia pana Kleksa was followed by two sequels, also written by Brzechwa: Podróże Pana Kleksa (Travels of Mr. Kleks, 1961), and Tryumf pana Kleksa (Triumph of Mr. Kleks, 1965). ==Film adaptation==

In 1983, Akademia Pana Kleksa was adapted into a two-part feature film of the same name, directed by . On 8 December 2022, a teaser for a new Polish screen adaptation was released: '' (Kleks Academy'', 2023), directed by Maciej Kawulski. The film stars internationally known actor Tomasz Kot as Mr. Blot, and Antonina Litwiniak as Ada, a female version of Adaś Niezgódka. ==References==