Joanna Pyplacz

Joanna Pypłacz is a Cracow-based Polish writer, photographer and scholar. She is the author of six published novels ("August Nacht ", Warsaw 2015; "Krzyk Persefony", Katowice 2015; "Mechaniczna ćma", Chorzów 2017; "Nierozdzielne", Chorzów 2018; "Podziemia", Chorzów 2019, "Genius loci", Kraków 2020), three short stories in collective volumes, two research monographs (The Aesthetics of Senecan Tragedy, Cracow 2010; When Legends Come Alive, Cracow 2015) as well as of numerous journal articles. Her fields of interest – apart from literature and photography – include i.a. history, cemetery art, the Gothic subculture and classical music.