Poland is a big country with a fine tradition of science fiction and fantasy writing stretching from StanisÅ‚aw Lem to Andrzej Sapkowski. There must be women writers as well. Indeed, I featured Justyna Plichta-Jendzio last year. I also had a long chat to a Polish translator while I was at Worldcon — she was looking for a way to get books by a woman science fiction writer friend into the English-speaking market.
It is happens that there is a big Polish presence at this Eurocon. There will be a panel on Polish SF&F on Sunday, and I will be at that to see what I can learn. Also Sapkowski himself will be on the Mocking the Monoglots panel with me tomorrow, so I’m hoping he will recommend some great women writers. Finally I’m paging my friend Piotr Åšwietlik, who I am sure can help out here.
There are many fantastic female speculative fiction writers in Poland, sadly none of their works have been translated into English. My personal favourites are Ewa Bialolecka, Anna Kantoch and Anna Brzezinska.