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Majok is known for exploring underrepresented communities in her writing. She often gives voices to immigrants or displaced people, women with appetites and drives orbiting around their limitations, the working class, and persons with disabilities.
Martyna Majok’s artistic road led her from Bytom’s industrial landscape to the Pulitzer Prize. She is a playwright of Polish descent with US citizenship. Her works tell of economical and class issues afflicting women, she also does not stray from autobiographical themes.
When Martyna Majok won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama last year for Cost of Living, she quickly became known as a playwright who spotlights perspectives not often seen on American stages.
The Polish American playwright was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play ‘Cost of Living’.
Majok, who has won numerous prestigious awards for her work, is known for giving the voiceless a voice in her plays, which include stories of people who are immigrants, women and disabled. Says Majok: “I grew up in a multicultural neighborhood where almost everyone was from somewhere else.
MARTYNA MAJOK: My mom is an immigrant who worked in a factory and cleaned houses. New York was close by where we lived in New Jersey, but the theater world seemed so distant because of how expensive it is.
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Majok is known for writing work that highlights underrepresented voices, including those of immigrants, women, and people with disability. Born in Bytom, Poland, in 1985, Majok immigrated to America as a toddler with her Mother.
