Blanka Lipińska (born 22 July 1985) is a Polish author best known for her erotic trilogy beginning with ''365 Dni'' (''365 Days''). The first and second novels were adapted into the
2020
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and
2022 films
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for which she co-wrote the screenplay and in which she has a cameo.
Biography
She was born in
Puławy
Puławy (, also written Pulawy) is a city in eastern Poland, in Lesser Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, at the confluence of the Vistula and Kurówka River, Kurówka Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was Cen ...
, southeastern
Poland
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, to Małgorzata and Grzegorz Lipiński. After graduating from high school, she has finished cosmetology post-secondary school. In 2012, she joined KSW, the premier
mixed martial arts
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In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...
organization in Poland, and was involved in the recruitment and training of the
ring girl
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s.
In 2016, she moved to
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...
. The following year she moved to El Gouna, Egypt before returning to Warsaw in 2018. In 2018, she published her highly popular erotic novel ''365 Days'', which she had written four years earlier. In 2020, she became the host of a
reality TV
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show ''Tylko jeden'' aired on
Polsat
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. Between 2019–2021, she was featured on the list of the most popular authors in Poland compiled by the
National Library of Poland
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. In 2021 and 2022, she was involved in the film adaptations of her books by
Netflix
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.
Prior to becoming an author, Lipińska worked as a therapist-hypnotist. She enjoys sports and fitness as well as sailing. She has several tattoos including depictions of her parents and brother.
In 2020, she was ranked among the "50 most influential Polish women" by the ''
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. The events in all three books occur within a few months of each other. Lipińska said that the inspiration for her erotic trilogy was ''
Fifty Shades of Grey
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'' and a personal holiday trip to
Sicily
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. She has described the works as semi-autobiographical.
* ''365 dni'', Wydawnictwo Edipresse Polska, Warszawa 2018
** ''365 Days'' (English edition), 2021
* ''Ten dzień'', Wydawnictwo Edipresse Polska, Warszawa 2018
** ''365 Days-This Day'' (English edition), 2021
* ''Kolejne 365 dni'', Wydawnictwo Agora, Warszawa 2019
See also
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Erotic literature
Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of eros (concept), eros (passionate, romantic or sexual relationships) intended to arouse similar feelings in readers. This contrasts erotica, which focuses more specifically ...