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One of the main aims of the Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA) programme is to support the international careers of emerging authors from eleven countries (Belgium, Czechia, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Spain). Olga Górska, Ishbel Szatrawska and Małgorzata Żarów have joined the project - they will hone their professional skills and receive support in reaching an international audiences, as parts of their books will be translated into the project languages. Olga Górska – resident of Radom. Author of Nie wszyscy pójdziemy do raju (Wydawnictwo Drzazgi, 2022). Winner of the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature Award and the Literary Prize of the City of Radom, participant of the Visegrad Literary Residency in 2024. Columnist and short story writer. She has a soft spot for The Lion King, music and literature.
Ishbel Shatrava (born in 1981) – playwright and writer. She has published two books: the award-winning Toń (Wydawnictwo Cyranka, 2023) and Wyrok (Wydawnictwo Cyranka, 2025). Her works have been staged in Poland and Germany. Winner of numerous awards, finalist of the Nike Literary Award. She lives in Kraków.
Małgorzata Żarów (born in 1988) – writer, winner of the Gdynia Literary Award for her debut novel Zaklinanie węży w gorące wieczory (Wydawnictwo Czarne, 2022). Every once in a while, she writes short stories and essays for Pismo. She lives in Warsaw.
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