Rafał Wojasiński

Rafał Wojasiński (born 1974) is a celebrated author of fiction and drama. Among his works are Złodziej ryb (The Fish Thief, 2004), Stara (The Old Woman, 2011), and Olanda (2018), as well as the plays Długie życie (A Long Life, 2017), Dziad Kalina (Old Man Kalina, 2018), and Siostry (Sisters, 2019). Many of his dramatic works have also been performed as radio plays; his philosophical novel Stara was adapted for the Polish Radio Theatre by Waldemar Modestowicz. His works have been translated into English, French, Spanish, and Bulgarian, and have been consistently nominated for prestigious literary awards, among others: the Gdynia Dramaturgical Award (for Siostry, 2019), the Marek Nowakowski Literary Award (also 2019, for Olanda), and the Award of the Capital City of Warsaw (2022, for Tefil).