All books of Europe/Kotryna Zylė/Michał Nogaś/PJM

“All the books of Europe”, the author's series by Michał Nogasi created as part of the cooperation of Program 3 of Polish Radio, the Old Theatre and the European Capital of Culture 2029!

Once a month — first on the stage of the Old Theatre in Lublin, and then (as part of the retransmission) on Trójki radio — the host will talk with writers from our part of Europe. What does modern Central European literature live on? How much is she immersed in the past? What topics does he have to deal with? What links Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian prose with, for example, Estonian, German and Ukrainian prose? We will look for answers to these and many other questions together in Lublin! We invite you.

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Kotryna Zylė (born 1986) is an award-winning writer and illustrator. In his work, he often draws on motifs from Lithuanian mythology, and also takes up important existential issues, presenting them in the form of allegorical stories. She was born and raised in Vilnius, where she studied at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. Already during her studies, she became interested in visual ways of interpreting and disseminating cultural heritage, and a special place in her creative research was occupied by Lithuanian mythology. In 2012, she began her career as an author and illustrator of children's books. Since then, children's literature, illustration and Lithuanian mythology remain the main sources of inspiration for her subsequent publications and artistic projects. Kotryna Zylė co-organizes literary events and festivals, conducts creative workshops and publishes on a blog dedicated to literature.

The conversation is translated into Polish by Kamil Połomski.