Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities at the Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw. Graduate of the Polish Studies (University of Warsaw) and Italian Studies (University of Warsaw), she studied also in Italy (Università “La Sapienza” in Rome). Author of books: Włosi w Polsce Stanisława Augusta. Słownik obecności (2012) and Obraz literatury włoskiej w Polsce lat 70. i 80. XX wieku (2017), as well as numerous articles. Literary critic and reviewer, editor in the literary journal “Twórczość”. Her scientifi c interests concentrate on history and theory of literary translation, contemporary Italian and Polish literature and comparative studies in the fi eld of Italian-Polish cultural relations. E-mail: m.slarzynska@uksw.edu.p