About the author

Sylwia Chutnik (born 1979 in Warsaw) is a Polish novelist, writer, feminist, social activist. She graduated in gender studies at Warsaw University. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University.

Her debut novel Kieszonkowy atlas kobiet ("Pocket Atlas of Women") was published in 2008. Her second novel Dzidzia ("Diddums") came out in 2010. She is also a Warsaw city guide and a charity worker. She has published a Warsaw guidebook, called Warszawa kobiet ("Women's Warsaw") which guides people around the lesser known parts of the city where famous women who used to live.

She is the chairperson of MaMa Foundation which aims to improve the situation of mothers' rights in Poland. Chutnik is a member of an informal group "8 March Women's Coalition".

In her works she focuses on feminism and gender issues, Polish culture and history.

Chutnik is a member of The Polish Writers' Association. She hosted a TV literary programme "Cappuccino z książką" (Cappuccion and a book), and "Zapomniani-odzyskani" (Forgotten- found).

She has been writing columns to a weekly magazine "Polityka" since 2016. Chutnik writes a column in "Gazeta Stołeczna" and a women magazine "Pani".

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Slagssøstre

Slagssøstre er en fortælling om et slæng af karakterfaste unge kvinder, der omdanner sorg og vrede til vold i en direkte kamp mod sygdom, død, kvindehad og den uretfærdige ødelæggelse af deres elskede Warszawa. Romanens heltinder, de fire slagssøstre, Halina, Celina, Stefa og Bronka fra kvarteret Mokotów, opererer under ly af natten, og voldelige ægtemand og griske profitjægere har bare at passe på! Chutnik blander sort humor, rørende menneskelighed og en snert af magisk realisme i sin beskrivelse af, hvordan heltinderne nægter at give op uden kamp, og Slagssøstre bliver ikke blot en knivkamp mellem kønnene, men også en fortælling om Warszawa om natten, om død, sorg og blodig hævn, mens den også udgør en stemme i debatten om kvinder i den polske machokultur. "Nytænkende litteratur. Helt unik stil." Lektørudtalelsen "Slagssøstre er feministiske superheltinder, der forsøger at rydde op i et råddent samfund.." ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Kulturkongen "Chutnik skriver intenst og udtryksfuldt." Bogvægten.dk ”Sylwia Chutniks imponerende roman Slagssøstre kan måske bedst sammenlignes med Quentin Tarantino, punk-fanzine og streetart, men er også et feministisk eventyr med superheltinder.” Wyborcza.pl
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Publish date15 May 2019
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ISBN epub9788799830534