Joanna
Bator
A writer, a cultural anthropologist, and a traveler, for her collection of essays Japoński wachlarz (2004), she received the Beata Pawlak Memorial Award. For her novel Ciemno, prawie noc (2012), she won the Nike Literary Award. Her recent, bestselling novel Gorzko, gorzko was named the most dazzling literary premiere of 2020 (O!Lśnienia Onetu and the City of Krakow Award) and nominated to the Lubimy Czytać Book of the Year 2020 competition. Born in Wałbrzych, she lives in Podkowa Leśna and her novels are often set in Lower Silesia.
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