Weronika Murek

Weronika Murek (born 1989) is a Polish playwright, short story writer and essayist.

Weronika Murek
Born1989
Bytom, Poland
Occupationwriter

Early life and education

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

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
  • Uprawa roślin południowych metodą Miczurina, 2015[4]
  • Każdemu po razie, short story for O_KA literary project, 2016[7]
  • Feinweinblein, 2019[4]
  • Dziewczynki: kilka esejów o stawaniu się, 2023[3]

References
  1. "Weronika Murek". Gdyńska Nagroda Dramaturgiczna. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. Wymysłowski, Piotr. "Weronika Murek | Życie i twórczość | Artysta". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  3. "Dziewczynki : kilka esejów o stawaniu się / Weronika Murek". katalogi.bn.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  4. "Weronika Murek". Instytut Książki (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  5. "Poznaliśmy nominacje do nagrody Conrada za najlepszy literacki debiut". Gazeta Wyborcza. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  6. "From GROWING SOUTHERN PLANTS THE MICHURIN WAY by Weronika Murek, translated by Danusia Stok". European Literature Network. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  7. "Projekt literacki O_KAZ". Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków (in Polish). 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2023-02-17.


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