Zofia Bałdyga is a poet and translator. She has published four poetry collections in Polish: Passe-partout (2006), Współgłoski (2010), Kto kupi tak małe kraje (2017), and Klimat kontynentalny (2021). This year, her first Czech-language collection, Poslední cestopisy (nominated for the Magnesia Litera award for poetry), was published by Fra. She studied South and West Slavic Studies at the University of Warsaw and is currently studying social and pastoral work at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University. She translates contemporary Czech and Slovak poetry into Polish (including works by Milan Děžinský, Kamil Bouška, Jana Bodnárová, and the anthologies *Sousedky – 10 českých básnířek* and *Sousedky – 10 slovenských básnířek*). In 2021, she received the *Literatura na Świecie* magazine award in the category for emerging translators. She also works as an intercultural mediator and lives in Prague.