Zyta Rudzka


Zyta Rudzka is a Polish novelist, screenwriter, poet and psychologist. She is regarded as one of the most prominent contemporary Polish writers. In 2023, she received the Nike Award.

Life and career

In 1991, she graduated in psychology from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. She debuted in 1989 with a poetry book Ruchoma rzeczywistość. Her first novel, Białe klisze, was published in 1991.
In 1995, the film Erna Rosenstein. Wieczność dla Nikogo based on her script received an award at the Documentary Film Festival in Kraków.
In 2003, she was a jury member of the Debiut TV programme broadcast on Polsat.
In 2016, the theatrical performance of her play Cukier Stanik directed by Agata Puszcz won the Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
Her 2018 book Krótka wymiana ognia won the Gdynia Literary Prize and was shortlisted for Poland's top literature prize, the Nike Award. The book was included on the list of best Polish novels of the last decade by the Polityka weekly magazine.
In 2021, she was awarded the City of Warsaw Prize for her book Tkanki miękkie.
In 2023, she won the Nike Award for her novel Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby. In the same year, she received the Poznań Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement and was longlisted for the Angelus Award.
Her works have benn translated into numerous languages including German, Czech, Italian, French, English, Japanese, Croatian and Russian.

Works

Novels

  • Białe klisze
  • Uczty i głody
  • Pałac Cezarów
  • Mykwa
  • Dziewczyny Bonda
  • Ślicznotka doktora Josefa
  • Krótka wymiana ognia
  • Tkanki miękkie
  • ''Ten się śmieje, kto ma zęby''

Plays

  • Latanie dla ornitologów
  • Fastryga
  • Cukier Stanik
  • Eskimos w podróży służbowej
  • Pęknięta, obwiązana nitką
  • ''Zimny Bufet''

Poetry

  • ''Ruchoma rzeczywistość''