Weronika Murek (born 1989) is a Polish playwright, short story writer and essayist.
Weronika Murek | |
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| Born | 1989 Bytom, Poland |
| Occupation | writer |
Early life and education edit
Weronika Murek was born in 1989, in Bytom.[1] She graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia.[1]
Career edit
Murek has written plays, short stories[2] and essays.[3] She won the Gdynia Drama Award 2015 for the play Feinweinblein set in the 1950s Upper Silesia.[1] Her debut collection of short stories Uprawa roślin południowych metodą Miczurina was nominated for the Paszport Polityki 2015 in the literature category, the Nike Award 2016,[4] the Gdynia Literary Prize 2016[4] and the Conrad Award 2016.[5] The collection won the Witold Gombrowicz literary award in 2016.[4] Murek gained her second Paszport Polityki nomination with the 2019 collection of plays called Feinweinblein.[2]
Apart from writing her own plays, Murek has also worked on adaptating the work of others to the stage.[2] For example, she cooperated with Grzegorz Jarzyna to adapt a work by Lu Xun or create together a new production of The Tempest.[2]
Murek's works have been translated into Czech, French, Serbian and Hungarian.[4] An excerpt from her short story collection was published in English on the European Literature Network website.[6]
Works edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Weronika Murek". Gdyńska Nagroda Dramaturgiczna. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ a b c d Wymysłowski, Piotr. "Weronika Murek | Życie i twórczość | Artysta". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ a b "Dziewczynki : kilka esejów o stawaniu się / Weronika Murek". katalogi.bn.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ a b c d e f "Weronika Murek". Instytut Książki (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "Poznaliśmy nominacje do nagrody Conrada za najlepszy literacki debiut". Gazeta Wyborcza. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "From GROWING SOUTHERN PLANTS THE MICHURIN WAY by Weronika Murek, translated by Danusia Stok". European Literature Network. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "Projekt literacki O_KAZ". Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków (in Polish). 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
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