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Irish poet Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe has joined the ranks of residents visiting Kraków as part of the programme celebrating the friendship of Seamus Heaney and Czesław Miłosz, Nobel Prize for Literature laureates. She will spend six weeks in Krakow this fall. The Heaney-Miłosz project supports the development of writers at the early stages of their careers in Ireland. Launched in 2022 by the Estate of Seamus Heaney, the Krakow Festival Office, operator of the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature programme, and the Irish Embassy in Poland, the Heaney-Miłosz programme offers Irish writers at the early stages of their careers a residency in Kraków, which runs for four to six weeks. As part of the initiative, poet Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe will come to Kraków for October and November 2025 to live in Czesław Miłosz’s former flat on Bogusławskiego Street.
Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe is a poet, fairy tale author and a pacifist. Born in India, she grew up in the Middle East, Europe and North America. Eventually, she took root in Ireland, which she calls her home. Founder of Play It Forward Fellowships. Managing editor at Skein Press, poetry editor at Fallow Media and associate editor at The Stinging Fly. Winner of the Ireland Chair of Poetry Student Prize and the Next Generation Artist Award in Literature. Rooney Writer Fellow at Trinity College in Dublin. She has previously held residencies at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios in Dublin. She is associated with Culture Ireland and the Dublin Book Festival, she is also a member of the Dublin Literary Award jury (2025). Her first volume of poetry – Auguries of a Minor God – published by Faber Publishing, won critical acclaim in 2021.
The objective of the Heaney-Miłosz project is to support writers living in Ireland who are at the early stages of their careers. The programme gives them the space and time, which they can use to develop their works in the beautiful Krakow.
During the residency, the writer takes part in various cultural events and meetings with representatives of Krakow’s literary and creative community. At the end of their stay in Krakow, they write a piece reflecting upon their experiences. For more information on the Heaney-Miłosz residency programme, visit ireland.ie.
Organisers: Estate of Seamus Heaney, Krakow Festival Office, operator of the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature programme, and the Irish Embassy in Poland.