Marta Dzido Explained

Marta Dzido (born 1981) is a Polish writer and documentary filmmaker. She studied at the Polish Film School in Łódź and has shot and directed a number of documentaries, among them the award-winning Downtown (2010) and Solidarity According to Women (2014). The movie commemorated the forgotten role of the Polish female activists engaged in the anti-Communist opposition during the 1980s.[1]

She has also written several novels and a non-fiction book Women of Solidarity (2016). She won the European Union Prize for Literature for her novel Frajda (2018).[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Documentary Film About Polish Women Who Fought Against Communism . https://archive.today/20200906134310/https://www.sfkrakow.org/page-835174/3210417 . September 6, 2020 . live.
  2. http://www.culturepolonaise.eu/3,3,914,en,Marta_Dzido_-_Winner_of_the_EUPL_European_Union_Prize_For_Literature?ic=60 Bio
  3. Web site: Biography of Marta Dzidi. European Union Prize for Literature.