Karolina Kuszyk (born 1977), a scholar of German and Polish studies, works as a freelance author, literary translator, and lecturer. She has contributed to outlets such as *Zeit Online*, *Deutschlandradio Kultur*, and *RBB*, as well as the Polish press (including *Tygodnik Powszechny*), and has translated works by authors such as
a cultural manager, EU studies scholar, and university lecturer with extensive expertise in international programming. Currently, Olga Brzezińska serves as the Deputy Director at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, where she is responsible for programming, strategy, and key initiatives such as the UK/Poland Season 2025 and the international cultural programme of the
graduated in Polish and Russian Philology from the University of Gdańsk. As a sociocultural animator, she has been involved in numerous artistic and cultural projects in the Tri-City area, including the »All About Freedom« and »Artloop« festivals. She has coordinated the Sopot by the Book festival since 2013 and became
ariel rosé is a Polish-Norwegian poet, essayist, illustrator, translator. They are the author and illustrator of the poetry books »morze nocą jest mięśniem serca« (»the sea by night is a muscle of the heart«, PIW, 2022) and »Północ. Przypowieści« (»North: Parables«, Znak, 2019), nominated to the Polish-German Josepha Award. In
Karolina Golimowska, born in Aachen, grew up in Warsaw, lives in Berlin and is a literary scholar, translator and author of short prose and journalistic pieces. She has published in Sinn und Form, Gazeta Wyborcza, the German-Polish magazine Dialog, Chimera, Wyspa and academic journals, among others. Golimowska holds a PhD
Łęko Zygmuntówne (Łukasz Kaźmierczak, Łucja Kuttig), born 18 April 1990 in Poland, is a lyricist and chemist, graduated in engineering in nanotechnology, holds a PhD’s degree in Chemistry and a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Technology in Łódź. Łęko Zygmuntówne’s literary style is significantly influenced by
The Polish avantguarde group Karbido (authors of well-known soundworks such as »The Table« or »Music4buildings Series«), which has existed since 2003 and is made up of bassist Marek Otwinowski (Poland), guitarist Igor Gawlikowski (Poland), sound producer and multi-instrumentalist Tomasz Sikora (Poland) and drummer Peter Conradin Zumthor (Switzerland), have committed themselves
Włodzimierz Nowak was born in 1958 in Poznań, Poland. This cultural studies scholar works as director of the regional museum in Pszczew and focuses on the taboo topic of German cultural legacy. He has been a journalist with »Duży Format«, a supplement of the newspaper »Gazeta Wyborcza«, since 1993. His
Wojciech Cichon lives in Warsaw and performs in Polish, German and English. Between 2003 and 2007 he won several slams in Poland and has also performed regularly in Germany. He organises slam events, such as the new annual »SPOKE’n’WORD FESTIVAL« at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, which takes
Wojciech Kuczok was born in the Polish city of Chorzów in 1972. He studied at the University of Silesia in nearby Katowice and worked for the weekly newspaper »Tygodnik Powszechny« and the monthly publications »Res Publica Nowa« and »Kino«. He also wrote poetry and prose. His collection of stories »Opowieści
born in Krakow in 1969, he has been writing for the »Gazeta Wyborcza« since 1990 and was voted reporter of the year by its readers in 1998. Tochman’s novel »Jakbyś kamień jadła« (Engl. »Like Eating a Stone«) was shortlisted for the Prix Témoin du Monde and the Nike Literary Prize.
