Lit in Translation

Dorota Masłowska

Born 1983 · Poland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Nike 2025 · Shortlist

    Magiczna rana

    Title translated by AI:“Magic Wound”

    Dorota Masłowska · 41 when first published

    Novel · 155 pages · Satire

    AI-generated summary:Women falling apart, gym regulars, stylish city dwellers and teenagers who know their rights pass through luxury flats, a vegan wedding, a craft bakery and a hotel due for demolition, each driven by impossible desires.

  • No English yet

    Nike 2006 · Winner

    Paw królowej

    Title translated by AI:“The Queen's Peacock”

    Dorota Masłowska · 22 when first published

    Novel · 155 pages · Satire

    AI-generated summary:Four stories cross in today's Warsaw: a journalist 'ugly as night', a shop assistant dreaming of a life like on television, a fading pop singer and a cynical manager, all told in rap rhythm and rhyme.

  • In English

    Nike 2003 · Shortlist

    White and Red

    Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną

    Dorota Masłowska · 19 when first published

    Novel · 158 pages · Satire, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:Young people from a housing estate drift from party to party in a world of drugs, sex and muddled talk about Poles and Russians, told in a slang that is invented, broken apart and glued back together.