Agata Tuszyńska
From 13 April to 12 May 2021

The novelist, poet, biographer, journalist, and playwright Agata Tuszyńska was born in Warsaw, where she lives and works today. In her writing she has focused particularly on Poland’s memory of the war years. Her most important works in English translation are Lost Landscapes (William Morrow, 1998), Family History of Fear (Knopf, 2016), and Vera Gran: The Accused (Knopf, 2013). Her poetry and prose have been translated into many languages. In 2015 she was awarded the Gloria Artis Silver Medal, and in 2016 the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards singled out her book Family History of Fear in the category of Holocaust Literature.