(born 1961, Gdynia) leads the Memory Project of the University of Warsaw's gender studies department and teaches the history of foreign literature. In addition to teaching, her prolific career includes literary commentary, writing novels, and writing and directing plays. She initiated Poland's earliest creative writing workshops. She writes monthly columns for Gazeta Wyborcza, the Polish edition of Marie Claire, and Pani. Her numerous publications include the novel Absolute Amnesia (1995), a fiction collection, Blue Menagie (1997), and monographic studies and a 4-act play, "The Book of Em" (1999) based on the Polish literary figure Maria Komornicka. After being granted political asylum in the United States in 1986, she wrote, directed, and appeared in a one-person play, Hollywood, at the Open Center in New York and took courses in drama, playwriting and directing. She returned to Poland in 1996, where she resumed her active literary career. She holds the MA in literature from the University of Gdañsk. The Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation is providing her support to attend the IWP.