Katarzyna
Michalczak
Katarzyna
Michalczak
Poet, author of books of poems: Pamięć przyjęć (Jacek Bierezin Prize 2017, Golden Mean of Poetry 2018) and Tysiąc saun (nominated for the Kazimierz Hoffman KOS 2021 Poetry Prize). She is also a writer and author of volumes of short stories: Klub snów (nominated for the 2020 Gdynia Literary Award) and Mam na imię nie mam (not nominated for anything, but beloved by the author). She is a sociologist and holds a PhD in the humanities. Her latest prose book Synu, jesteś kotem is about her relationship with a child on the autism spectrum and her son also has his voice in the book. In autumn 2022, she did a three-month Visehrad literary residency in Prague, Czech Republic. She is currently working on essayoid texts about escape. Her third book of poetry will soon be published.
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