Meeting literature / meeting with Lidia Ostałowska

Lidia Ostałowska (*1954) is polish reporter. She worked as a journalist for a short period of time before 1989, but she could not publish her texts after the proclamation of a state of emergency. She took part in oposition, was one of the founders of famous Gazeta Wyborzca and its department focused on reports. She bolongs to the circle of „polish literary reportage“ (Kapuściński, Krallová, Tochman, Szabłowski, Szczygieł, Smoleński). The main topics of her books are excluded people –gypsies or socially excluded, but also socially current controversial questions. She published three books of literary reportages: Cygan to Cygan (2000 a 2012), Farby wodne (2011, in czech Watercolours for Mengele, 2014) and the selection of reportages Bolało jeszcze bardziej (It hurts even more, 2012). Her works are part of several polish and worldwide antologies of reportages.
(in cooperation with Polish Institute Prague)