Zyta ORYSZYN is the author of six novels that she describes as political-psychological works, among them Time of Illness, Time of Mourning and Illumination. Her work has appeared in an anthology of Polish women writers and deals with Stalinist times in Poland from the viewpoint of a child and teenager. Ms. Oryszyn was a journalist with the Solidarity weekly and in the underground press during Poland's time of great change, and she is currently a member of the Polish PEN and the Association of Polish Writers. She completed her studies in the philosophy faculty of Warsaw University in 1970. Her works have appeared in Hungarian and German translation. Her participation in the IWP is through a grant from the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation.