BIO

Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak – born in Wroclaw, a Polish scholar by education, a journalist by profession, for years associated with the Wroclaw press. She is the author of two biographical books: on Antoni Slonim Slonimski (“Slonimski. Heretic on the pulpit”) and Kazimiera Illakowiczówna (“Illa”), as well as the bestselling first book in Poland about pre-war servants (“Servants for everything”) and a historical reportage “Peasants”, which was published in May 2023, reached a record circulation of 300,000 copies and was recognized by major Polish media as the most important book of 2023.