The Battle of Literature. Resurrections/ Dorota Grabek/ Wojtek Shot/ PJM

Who is the only debutant in this year's Nike Literary Award final? How was “Resurrections” born, a fantastic collection of stories about (non) ordinary heroes, appreciated by the chapters of important literary awards? We will talk with Dorota Grabek about inspirations, language, way of looking at reality, as well as how the young generation of authors reads and writes.

Dorota Grabek — author of short stories and reports. She published in the pages of “Bonds”. She comes from Warsaw, grew up in the Podlasie countryside, lived in Prague and Ramallah. She studied Bohemism and Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. The collection of short stories “Resurrections” is her book debut, for which she received a nomination for the Conrad Prize and which was included in the finals of the NIKE Literary Award and the final of the Gombrowicz Prize.