Elfriede Gerstl born in 1932, died in 2009, an Austrian writer. Because of Jewish origin, she hid during the entire war in Vienna. She did not graduate in medical and psychological studies. Symbol of a Viennese literary café, although in the 1960s she lived alternately in Berlin and Vienna. She cooperated with the Vienna Group, and then, with the authors in Graz (GAV). Until death, she was friends with z Elfriede Jelinek. Her greatest work in prose is Spielräume. She wrote essays and radio plays. She rarely published poetry separately, usually combining literary genres in one volume. Gerstl did not focus only on feminist topics, but she watched social life closely in a minimalist fashion, zealously and convincingly cultivated linguistic experiments, sharing Wittgenstein's scepticism regarding the "expressiveness of the world". She was a unique genius collector of used clothing, but also words and concepts. She was characterized by an unparalleled sense of humour, self-irony, social involvement, but also melancholy. / fot. H. J. Wimmer

Ryszard Wojnakowski, translator and publisher of literature written in German. He graduated from German and Scandinavian studies at the Jagiellonian University. In the years 1983-1993, editor of the Wydawnictwo Literackie Publishing House. Since 1993, a freelancer. Winner of numerous prizes and distinctions, e.g. 2009 Karl Dedecius Prize lifetime achievement award. He has published more than 120 books, including several volumes of poetry (Mayröcker, Aichinger, Lavant, Ausländer). Since 2000, he has been publishing a bilingual series of contemporary Austrian poetry używam więc jestem / ich gebrauche also bin ich. The collection of poems by Elfriede Gerstl appears as the twelfth volume of the series.