[3] He has won numerous literary prizes among them the Brücke Berlin-Preis and Le Prix du Livre Européen.

Twardoch completed his education in sociology at the Interdepartmental Individual Studies in the Humanities of University of Silesia in Katowice.

He served as the editor of the literary section for the bimonthly magazine Christianitas and has been a regular columnist for Polityka and Wysokie Obcasy Extra.

His short story The Madness of Rotmistrz von Egern was a contender for the Nautilus Prize in 2003, securing fourth place.

His novel Morphine won him the Polityka's Passport for 2012 but was also a finalist for the 2013 Nike Literary Award and received further nominations that year.