Transpoesie - Poets

Julia Fiedorczuk is a writer, poet, translator, researcher and a practitioner of ecocriticism
emphasizing the world-making power of literature. Her work foregrounds the relationship between human beings and their planetary environment. She is affiliated at the Institute of English Studies at Warsaw University.

Julia Fiedorczuk published short stories collections: „Poranek Marii” (“Maria’s Morning”),
„Bliskie kraje” (“Close countries”), novels: „Biała Ofelia” (“White Ophelia”),
„Nieważkość” (“Weightlessness”; nominated for the Nike Literary Award) and „Pod
Słońcem” (“Under the Sun”) as well as six poetry volumes. Her latest volume, „Psalmy” (“Psalms”) was awarded the Wisława Szymborska Prize, Poland’s most prestigious
prize for Poetry. She publishes essays as well, including „Cyborg w ogrodzie. Wprowadzenie
do ekokrytyki” („Cyborg in the garden. Introduction to ecocriticism”) and „Ecopoetics” (in
collaboration with the Mexican poet Gerardo Beltrán). Julia Fiedorczuk created the program
of the School of Ecopoetics at Warsaw’s Institute of Reportage.

Julia Fiedorczuk publishes widely in popular media: „Literatura na
świecie”, „Dwutygodnik”, „Tygodnik Powszechny”, „Pismo”, „Przekrój” and monthly
magazine „Znak”. She is a columnist of the most popular Polish weekly, „Polityka”. Her
writings have been translated into over 20 languages.