Urszula Honek (born in 1987) is a Polish poet and prose writer. She has written four books of poetry and one short story collection. In Poland, she has won the Grand Prix of the Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry Competition, the Kraków UNESCO City of Literature Award, the Adam Włodek Award and the Stanisław Barańczak Award. For her short story collection, Białe noce, she was nominated for the International Grand Continent Award, the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Award, and Polityka’s Passport Award. In 2023, she won both the Conrad Award and the Kościelski Award, which is given to the most promising Polish writer under the age of 40. The English edition of her short story collection, titled White Nights (translated by Kate Webster), was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2024. She is from Racławice, near Gorlice.
