Joanna Wajs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joanna Wajs

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 20-May-1979

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: writer, poet, translator, author

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Joanna Wajs (born May 20, 1979 in Warsaw) is a Polish writer, literary critic and literary translator.
She studied Polish and Italian philology at the University of Warsaw.
Her prose works and poetry have been published in numerous respected literary periodicals in Poland.
Her poetry has been translated into several languages, including Italian, Slovenian and Hebrew.
Her first collection of poems, entitled Sprzedawcy kieszonkowych lusterek (pocket mirror salesman), was published in 2004 by the publishing house Zielona Sowa in Krakow.
This collection won a number of prestigious awards, including the Kazimiera Illakowiczówna Prize, which is awarded annually to debut poetry collections by Polish authors.
She translates from Italian into Polish, including works by Oriana Fallaci, Dino Buzzati, Gian Antonio Stella and Valerio Evangelisti.
She is also the editor of a column on poetry for the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.