Dominika Słowik

Dominika Słowik (born 1988) is a Polish writer. Her novel Zimowla brought her the Paszport Polityki 2019 award.

Early life and education Dominika Słowik was born on 10 September where she completed her primary and secondary education. The book tells the story of a childhood set during the post-1989 transformation era Poland, where the crumbling apartment blocks form a mythical literary scenery. Atlas: Doppelganger was shortlisted for the Gdynia Literary Prize.

In 2021, Słowik published her first collection of short stories, Samosiejki, characterized by the elements of the unknown or bizarre interwoven into otherwise common settings. In 2023, an excerpt of the collection appeared in English translation by Jess Jensen Mitchell in Two Lines Journal.

Słowik lives in Kraków.

Works

Novels

Atlas: Doppelganger, 2015 Zimowla, 2019

Short stories

Sanatorium, short story for O_KA literary project, 2016 Samosiejki, short story collection, 2021