Dorota Masłowska

Polish writer and playwright. She was nineteen when she published her first novel Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-zerwoną (Snow White and Russian Red), which turned out to be a bestseller. Translated into over twenty languages, the highly controversial book earned her critical acclaim and numerous awards (i.a.Paszport Polityki award and the 2005 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis). Her second novel Paw Królowej (The Queen’s Peacock, 2005) won Nike, the most important Polish literary prize. Her first play (A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians, 2006) was staged in Australia, the USA, Great Britain, Germany and Sakhalin. The book-to-movie adaptation is in the works. Her second play (No Matter How Hard We Try, 2008) brought her the Ministry of Culture Prize and was filmed by Grzegorz Jarzyna. Her novel Inni ludzie (Other People) was made into a movie by Aleksandra Terpińska and had its premiere in 2021 (FIPRESCI Award Tallinn 2021, nominated for the EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2022 - European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI). The latest novel of hers (Magical wound and other stories) came out in the autumn 2024. Most recently it has been released in Germany (Im Paradies, Rowohlt 2026. She’s also author of two LP’s (Society is mean, 2014 and Free time, 2023).