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Joanna Bator

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Joanna Bator

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1968-02-02 (Wałbrzych)
Nationality
Polish
Languages
Polish, English, Japanese
Residence History
Wałbrzych, Poland → Wrocław, Poland → Warsaw, Poland → New York, United States → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
novelist, journalist, feminist, cultural anthropologist, gender studies academic
Active Years
2001-2024
Affiliations
Department of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
Memberships
Jury member of Ryszard Kapuściński Award
Nominations
2010 Gdynia Literary Prize nomination (Piaskowa Góra), 2010 Nike Award nomination (Piaskowa Góra)

Education

University of Wrocław
Cultural studies
Country: Poland
Studied cultural studies
School of Social Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Social Sciences
Degree: 博士号
Period: ワルシャワ
Country: Poland
Doctoral dissertation on feminist theory, psychoanalysis, and postmodernism

Awards

Beata Pawlak Award
2005
Result: 受賞
Nike Award
2013
Work: Ciemno, prawie noc (Dark, Almost Night)
Organization: Nike Literary Award Foundation
Result: 受賞
Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture
2015
Organization: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland
Result: 受賞
Calw Hermann Hesse Prize
2018
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Piaskowa Góra (Sandy Mountain)

2009 Novel

A story set in Wałbrzych.

provincial townidentity

Ciemno, prawie noc (Dark, Almost Night)

2013 Novel

Gothic page-turner novel, winner of Nike Award.

disappearancesfamilymystery

Japoński wachlarz (The Japanese Fan)

2004 Non-fiction

Essays based on two-year stay in Japan.

Japanese culture

Bibliography

  • Feminizm, postmodernizm, psychoanaliza (2001)
  • Kobieta (2002)
  • Japoński wachlarz (2004)
  • Piaskowa Góra (2009)
  • Chmurdalia (2010)
  • Japoński wachlarz. Powroty (2011)
  • Ciemno, prawie noc (2013)
  • Rekin z parku Yoyogi (2014)
  • Wyspa Łza (2015)
  • Rok królika (2016)
  • Purezento (2017)
  • Gorzko, gorzko (2020)
  • Ucieczka niedźwiedzicy (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
feminist perspectivepostmodernexperimental narrative
Recurring Motifs
Japanese cultureprovincial Polandfemale experience

Legacy

One of Poland's leading contemporary novelists. Recipient of Nike Award and other major literary prizes. Known for deep interest in Japanese culture.