Urszula Honek

Urszula Honek (born 1987) has authored four poetry collections and the short story collection Białe noce (Witte nachten, De Bezige Bij 2025). The winner of the Grand Prix of the Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry Competition, the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature Award. Her debut book of prose, White Nights translated by Kate Webster was long-listed for the Booker Prize 2024. In 2023, she won both the Conrad Award and the Kościelski Award for the most promising Polish writer under 40.  

Photo: Jacek Taran