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Barbara Woźniak

Poland

Guest of the book fair Svět knihy Praha 2025

Novelist, essayist, gerontologist, sociologist, religious studies scholar and lecturer of creative writing. Author of the novel Niejedno (2021), following the life of a bioethicist who cares for his Alzheimer-afflicted father; the book won the Witold Gombrowicz Prize and the Krakow UNESCO City of Literature Award. She lectures at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (e.g. euthanasia in The Third Reich) and is currently participating in the Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA) project, supporting authors, translators and editors.
foto Dominik Musiałek

Barbara Woźniak

Guest program

Fatigue, Memory and Contemporary Society in Central European Literature

Book World Prague 2025

15:00 - 15:50

Petőfi Agency Nonprofit Ltd., Lisztův institut - Maďarské kulturní centrum Praha, Institut umění — Divadelní ústav

Czech, Polish, Hungarian

How does contemporary literature reflect Central European fatigue, (shared) memory and social change? Four authors (Martina Lupínková, Barbara Woźniak, Márton...

Thursday, 15. 5. 2025