JURIJ ANDRUCHOWYCZ
Poet, writer of prose, essayist, translator. Founder of the Bu-Ba-Bu poetry group. In 2014 Paweł Smoleński held an extensive interview with him, titled “Szcze ne wmerła i nie umrze.”
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JUSTYNA BARGIELSKA
Poet, writer of prose. The 2003 volume “Dating sessions” was her debut. She then published “China Shipping” and “Dwa fiaty,” for which she received the Gdynia Literary Prize 2010.
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WALDEMAR BAWOŁEK
Writer of prose. Winner of the “Nowy Nurt” and the Kurpisz Publishing House Competition, as well as of the Zielona Sowa Publishing House National Competition.
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MAREK DZIEDZIAK
History teacher at the Szymbark School Complex, initiator of educational events and several regional history publications.
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ANTONI FERENCY
A director of the young generation. Graduated from the Institute of Social Prevention and Resocialisation of the University of Warsaw. Besides his social activities, he deals with drama and film.
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DAREK FOKS
Poet, writer of prose, and screenwriter. He is part of the editorial board for the monthly “Twórczość,” where he is responsible for the prose section.
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SŁAWOMIR GRZYMKOWSKI
Drama, film, and TV actor. Graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw (1993).
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JAROSŁAW KLEJNOCKI | PhD
Author, poet, essayist, and literary critic. Assistant professor at the University of Warsaw's Institute of Applied Polish Studies (IPS), and director of the Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature.
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BARBARA KLICKA
Poet, animator of culture. In 2012 published the volume “same same,” which was nominated for the Silesius Poetry Award.
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BARTOSZ KONSTRAT
Laureate of the story competition that was held before the first edition of the Zygmunt Haupt Festival (2015).
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ZOFIA KRÓL | PhD
Editor-in-chief and head of the literature department of the dwutygodnik.com culture magazine. Has published in “Gazeta Wyborcza,” “Zeszyty Literackie,” and “Tygodnik Powszechny.”
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ANGELIKA KUŹNIAK
Author of reportage stories “Marlene” (2009) and “Papusza” (2013).
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ARTUR DANIEL LISKOWACKI
Writer of prose, essayist, author of radio broadcasts, literary critic. Director of the literary department at “Kurier Szczeciński.”
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ALEKSANDER MADYDA | Prof.
Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. His fields of research are Polish literature of the 20th century, study of folklore, as well as textology and editing.
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WERONIKA MUREK
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia.
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ANDRZEJ NIEWIADOMSKI | PhD
Poet, essayist, literary historian, editor. Co-founder and editor of the “Kresy” literary magazine (1989-2010). Has also done literary criticism for over 10 years.
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WOJCIECH NOWICKI
Writer, photography exhibitions curator, food critic.
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MICHAŁ OLSZEWSKI
Journalist, writer of prose. He used to write for the Cracow edition of “Gazeta Wyborcza,” cooperates with “Tygodnik Powszechny.”
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LIDIA OSTAŁOWSKA
Author of reportages about those, for whom it is more difficult – about national and ethnic minorities, about women, about youth from subcultures, about the excluded, and also co-author of many reportage collections.
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PAWEŁ PANAS | PhD
Assistant professor at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), member of the International Institute for Hermeneutics.
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TARAS PROCHAŚKO
Journalist and author. One of the head representatives of the “Stanislau Phenomenon,” and one of the most interesting recent Ukrainian authors.
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ROBERT PUCEK
Translator and outsider. He lives in the forest, with the spiders and ravens.
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MONIKA ROGOWSKA-STANGRET | PhD
PhD in philosophy. Currently cooperating with the Institute of Applied Social Sciences of the University of Warsaw.
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TOMASZ SCHIMSCHEINER
Graduated from PWST in Cracow (1989). In the 1989-90 season he worked in the Bagatela Theatre in Cracow. In 1991 he has become involved with the Ludowy Theatre in Cracow, where he works to this day.
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PAWEŁ SMOLEŃSKI
Reporter, journalist, since 1989 has been writing for “Gazeta Wyborcza,” before that has cooperated with samizdat magazines.
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MICHAŁ SOWIŃSKI
Doctoral student at the Faculty of Polish Language and Literature of the Jagiellonian University.
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ANDRZEJ STASIUK
Author, essayist, co-founder of the Czarne Publishing House, Artistic Director of the Zygmunt Haupt Festival. Writes for “Tygodnik Powszechny.” Has been living in the Lower Beskids since the late 80s.
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MONIKA STOPCZYK
Graduated from Polish studies at the University of Wrocław, specialisation: cultural linguistics, literary and artistic criticism. Press spokesperson for the Zygmunt Haupt Festival.
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ZIEMOWIT SZCZEREK
Author of the books “Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian” (nominations to Nike and Angelus Awards), “Rzeczpospolita Zwycięska,” “Siódemka.”
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MAŁGORZATA SZEJNERT
Journalist, co-founder of “Gazeta Wyborcza,” where she has been head of the reportage department for nearly 15 years. Mentor of the new generation of Polish reporters: Szczygieł, Tochman, Hugo-Bader.
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ARTUR SZLOSAREK
Poet, translator. His debut poetry volume “Wiersze napisane” was released in 1991.
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KRZYSZTOF ŚRODA
Writer, translator, historian of philosophy. Worked for the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences PAN (doctoral thesis on Edmund Husserl's phenomenology).
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JERZY TRELA
Actor, pedagogue. After graduating from PWST in Cracow, he got involved with the Stary Theatre, performing the role of Philip in “Król Mięsopust” (directed by B. Hussakowski, 1970).
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EWA WINNICKA
Studied journalism and American studies at the University of Warsaw. Co-author of several documentary film scripts.
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AGNIESZKA WOLNY-HAMKAŁO
Poet, writer, journalist. Author of the following books: “Mocno poszukiwana,” “Lonty,” “Gospel,” “Ani mi się śni,” “Spamy miłosne,” “Nikon i Leica,” “Borderline.”
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KRZYSZTOF VARGA
Has made it to the finals of the Nike Literary Award three times – for his books “Tequila,” “Nagrobek z lastryko,” and “Gulasz z turula.”
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BOHDAN ZADURA
Poet, author of prose, translator, and literary critic. Graduated from Philosophy at the University of the University of Warsaw. Since 2004 editor-in-chief of the “Twórczość” magazine.
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ATLAS ESTREMO – YURI ANDRUKHOVYCH AND KARBIDO
“ATLAS ESTREMO” - that is the title of the new project by JURIJ ANDRUCHOWYCZ, the first laureate of the “Angelus,” and the Wrocław-based group KARBIDO.
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LABORATORIUM PIEŚNI
The group uses traditional, polyphonic singing. They perform Ukrainian, Balkan, Polish, and Belarussian songs, as well as Georgian and Scandinavian ones, and many other.
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MISHA ALPERIN SOLO
Misha Aleprin is on a constant musical journey. He draws from classical music, jazz, as well as traditional Eastern-European and Scandinavian music.
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