Barbora Baronová
literary documentarian / publisher / book curator
baara(at)baara.cz / wo-men publishing / Aféra s knihou
baara(at)baara.cz / wo-men publishing / Aféra s knihou
- literary documentarian, writer, editor, book curator, independent publisher, owner of wo-men publishing, journalist, lecturer on self-publishing, speaker on publishing and books, book activist, holder of several book awards, creator of Aféra s knihou
- member of the Czech Writers Association and International Alliance of Independent Publishers, alumnus of training programme of Frankfurter Buchmesse for publishers
- born 1980, former Czechoslovakia
- now living mainly in Prague, Czech Republic, and Paris, France
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PhD. degree: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Studio of Audiovisual Arts (2015–2019)
Research Practicum: University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2017)
Master degree: Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Communication and Media Studies (2002–2004)
Diploma Specialist degree: Jaroslav Jezek Conservatory and College, Creative Writing (2002–2005)
Interdisciplinary Programme: Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Arts, Polish Studies (2000–2002)
Bachelor degree: Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Social Sciences, Journalism (1999–2002)
Working as a non-fiction author and writer since 2008, lecturer on publishing since 2016, journalist since 1997. Running and curating wo-men publishing house since 2012. Book and cultural activist.
2025, since 2022: Japan, Poland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Thailand, Holland, France, Ukraine (book Soft)
2023: Italy (The Collaborative Manifesto for Czech Exhibition within the Venice Biennale of Architecture)
2021: Slovakia (performative research Love Fantasy published in Soft)
2020: Hungary (documentary project Women Activists)
2020: Switzerland (documentary project On Love published in Borders of Love)
2019, since 2018: Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic (book Dialogue for Czech Centers)
2018: Slovakia (documentary project Slovakian Women)
2017: Australia (book Women Voices: Australia)
2014: Japan (book European Eyes on Japan)
2014: South Africa (documentary project South African Women)
SOFT, wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2025
Slečny 2.0 [Misses 2.0], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2025
Japonské slečny [Being a Miss in Japan], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2025
Odolná společnost: Mezi bezmocí a tyranií [The Resilient Society. Between Powerlessness and Tyranny], co-written with Alice Koubová, wo-men and Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 2023
Le livre, un outil pour atteindre la diversité, an essays in Inclusi(.f.v.e.s), Alliance internationale des éditeurs indépendants and Double punctuation, France, 2022
Hlasy žen: Austrálie[Women Voices: Australia], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2021
Dita Pepe: Hranice lásky [Dita Pepe: Borders of Love], several chapters, Tomas Bata University and wo-men, Zlín and Prague, Czech Republic, 2021
Ženy o ženách [Women on Women], Tomas Bata University and wo-men, Zlín and Prague, Czech Republic, 2019
Angažovanost prostřednictvím kultury před rokem 1989 a po něm [Dialogue. Engagement Through Culture Before and After 1989], Czech Centres, Štokovec, Galeria Arsenał, Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Belgium-
Syrovátka sytí selátka, Verzone, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
Intimita [Intimacy], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015
Lágr Barbora [Labor Camp Barbora], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2015
European Eyes on Japan, EU-JAPAN Fest, Tokyo, Japan, 2015
Měj ráda sama sebe [Love yourself], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2014
Slečny [Misses], wo-men, Prague, Czech Republic, 2012
Odolná společnost: Mezi bezmocí a tyranií
- shortlisted, The Best Documentary Book: Ji.hlava International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2024
- shortlisted, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2023, Czech Republic, 2024
Hlasy žen: Austrálie
- longlisted, The Best Documentary Book: Ji.hlava International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2022
- shortlisted, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2021, Czech Republic, 2022
Dita Pepe: Hranice lásky
- shortlisted, Magnesia Litera Award – Publishing Achievement, Czech Republic, 2022
- 2nd place, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2021, Fine-press and Artist´s Books category, Czech Republic, 2022
- shortlisted, The Best Documentary Book: Ji.hlava International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2022
Ženy o ženách
- Chancellor´s Award 2020, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic, 2020
- shortlisted, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2019, Czech Republic, 2020Intimita
- 1st place, Magnesia Litera, Publishing Achievement, Czech Republic, 2016
- shortlisted, Les Prix du Livre, Prix Photo-Texte, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France, 2016
- 2ndplace, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2015, Czech Republic, 2016
Měj ráda sama sebe / Love yourself
- 1st place, ABW Intl. Award by Edition Lidu, Czech Republic, 2014
- shortlisted, KALEID editions London, Great Britain, 2015
Slečny
- 3rd place, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2012, Czech Republic, 2013
- Honorable Mention, ABW Intl. Award by Edition Lidu, Czech Republic, 2012
Jana Poncarová: Vlastní pokoje
- 3rd place, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2023, Czech Republic, 2024
Šárka Homfray: Proč jsme tak naštvané?
- shortlisted, The Book of the Year by Deník N, Czech Republic, 2023
Martina Lupínková: Toho dna se dotýkám už málo
- shortlisted, The Best Documentary Book, Ji.hlava IFF, Czech Republic, 2023
Adéla Marie Jirků: Mařka
- Hollar Prize, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2022, Czech Republic, 2023
- longlisted, The Best Documentary Book, Ji.hlava IFF, Czech Republic, 2023
Kača Olivová: Milk and Honey
- shortlisted, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2020 Czech Republic, 2021
Jana Poncarová, Dita Pepe: Děvčata první republiky
-shortlisted, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2020, Czech Republic, 2021
Jindřich Štreit: Kde domov můj
- 1st place, The Most Beautiful Czech Books of 2016, Czech Republic, 2017
- 1st place, The Best Photobook in the Middle and Eastern Europe, Mesiac fotografie, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2016
Dita Pepe: Self-portraits
- shortlisted, KALEID editions London, Great Britain, 2015
Learn more about other books published within wo-men.
- The Collaborative Manifesto (Barbora Baronová), Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy, 2023
- We all have a big story to tell (Barbora Baronová, Dita Pepe), Parliament of NSW, Sydney, Australia, 2022
- Všichni máme velký příběh, který můžeme vyprávět (Barbora Baronová), book installation, Prachatice, Czech Republic, 2022
- Dialog 1989 (Barbora Baronová, Dita Pepe, Witek Orski, Ján Kekeli), Prague, Czech Republic, Białystok, Poland, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, 2019
- Intimita (Dita Pepe, Barbora Baronová), Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, 2018
- Měj ráda sama sebe / Love yourself project (Dita Pepe, Barbora Baronová), Washington, Czech Centres, United States, 2016
- European Eyes on Japan (Dita Pepe, Barbora Baronová), Plzeň – DEPO, Czech Republic, 2015
- Měj ráda sama sebe / Love yourself (Dita Pepe, Barbora Baronová), Ostrava – GVUO, Czech Republic, 2014
- Dress Code Book (Barbora Baronová, Dita Pepe, Jana Thálová, Tereza Vilišová), Kutná Hora, GASK, Czech Republic, 2014
Invisible II: Barbora Kaufmannová (dramaturgy), Spitfire Company, Prague, Czech Republic, 2021
Shift (dramaturgy), Spitfire Company, Prague, Czech Republic, 2018
Hořké mandle (text), Divadlo v Řeznické, A Studio Rubín, Řetízek, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007–2012
Frankfurt, Germany: Frankfurter Buchmesse, 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine: Arsenal Book Fair, 2025
Warsaw, Poland: Goethe-Institut, 2023
Prague, Czech Republic: Goethe-Institut, 2023
Paris, France: Fontaine O Livres, 2023
Barcelona, Spain: LITERAL PRO, 2023
Olomouc, Czech Republic: Palackého University, 2023
Bratislava, Slovakia: BRAK festival, 2022
Pamplona, Spain: International conference of IA of Idependent Publishers, 2021
Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia: ArtWife, 2021
Brno, Czech Republic: Masaryk University, 2021–2022
Brussel, Belgium: Brussels Book Fair Professional Days, 2020
Prague, Czech Republic: 27 masterclasses on self-publishing (2016–2026)
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