Robert Król

Robert Król (born 1981 in Jaslo) graduated in Polish philology and public relations from Jagiellonian
University. Author of books: Snow Species (Ha!art collection, 2003), Lida (Tyska Poetic Winter
Library, 2004), Habitat (Ha!art Corporation, 2005), Handy Memory (Ha!art Corporation 2009), Fourteens
(Wielkopolska Biblioteka Publiczna i Centrum Animacji Kultury 2010), On Entering the Fire
(WBPiCAK, 2014), Polka (Ówże Microfiction, 2018), Dixieland (Ówże, 2021), Life is worth much more
(Ówże, 2025).

Recipient of scholarships from the City of Jaslo (2006, 2018), the City of Cracow (2009, 2021),
the National Center for Culture in the Young Poland Program (2016) and the Ministry of Culture
and National Heritage (2022). In 2019 nominated for the Wislawa Szymborska Award for his poem
Polka. Winner of the Krakow City of Literature UNESCO Prize (2024). Participant of the Visegrad
Literary Residency Program in Bratislava (2025). He has published in, among others: Odra, Rita
Baum, Fragile, Kartki, Nowa Okolica Poetów, Topos, Ha!art, Gazeta Wyborcza and Wizje.
Lives in Cracow.