{"id":232,"date":"2016-05-18T15:48:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T13:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/biografia\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:28:16","slug":"biografia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/biografia\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221;][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1199 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MONIKA_BULAJ_2015.1-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"MONIKA_BULAJ_2015.1\" width=\"267\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MONIKA_BULAJ_2015.1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MONIKA_BULAJ_2015.1-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MONIKA_BULAJ_2015.1-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/MONIKA_BULAJ_2015.1.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monika Bulaj is an award-winning writer and photographer, adjunct professor, documentary film-maker, curator and storyteller, based in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>She teaches interdisciplinary courses at the University of Perugia, in the Department of Anthropology at Suor Orsola Benincasa University in Naples, at the Faculty of Theology of Northern Italy in Milan, at the University of Trieste, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Her work on minorities at risk, nomads, faiths and shared sacredness\u00a0in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Africa, and Caribbean, has been recognized by The Aftermath Project Grant, Leonian Award &amp; W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, TED Fellowship, Bruce Chatwin Special Award, Grant in Visual Arts from the European Association for Jewish Culture, and other awards and nominations. She has studied Polish Philology at the University of Warsaw, and also anthropology, philosophy, theology.\u00a0She speaks eight languages.<\/p>\n<p>Bulaj&#8217;s work has appeared in\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>, <em>Granta Magazine<\/em>, <em>National Geographic<\/em>, <em>The New York Times<\/em>, <em>TIME<\/em>, <em>Courier International<\/em>, <em>RevueXXI<\/em>, <em>La Repubblica<\/em>, <em>Corriere della Sera, Al Jazeera,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>GEO<\/em>, among others. She has published 10 books, the latest being\u00a0<em>Nur. Afghan Diaries\u00a0<\/em>with <em>National Geographic<\/em> (in Polish) and <em>Where Gods Whisper<\/em>, with <em>Contrasto<\/em> (in English and Italian). She has displayed her work\u00a0in more than 90 personal exhibitions around\u00a0the world.<\/p>\n<p>Bulaj was the first women to receive the Italian National NonViolence Award\u00a0&#8220;for her work as a photographer, reporter, and documentary-maker which sheds lights on humanity living in the most hidden yet most evident boundaries on earth, for showing war through its consequences, for investigating mankind&#8217;s soul, our eagerness for religiosity, tenderness, and dignity. Bulaj makes the invisible visible by exploring people&#8217;s soul, by uniting humanity in an image.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Monika\u00a0acts in a \u201cperforming reportage\u201d at the theatre, as storyteller:\u00a0<em>Where Gods Whisper<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Broken Songlines<\/em>, <em>Sacrum in figura<\/em>, <em>Far from where<\/em>, <em>Kabul night<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Invisible geographies<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Auras,<\/em> <em>Sacred Crossings<\/em>, with images , films, sounds, songs and stories written by her. \u00a0She is<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>teacher of photography, street theater, and dance on stilts, for children in ghettos or at-risk communities.\u00a0She travels across Europe with her lectures: hosted by universities, art festivals, global conferences and small villages.\u00a0Monika collaborates for many radios as well, both in Poland and in Italy, and with TV, for Repubblica TV and for Rai TV Educational.\u00a0She has realized a documentary movie: \u201cNoah\u2019s Sons\u201d in Azerbaijan, and has screen-written documentaries, among which the movie \u201cRomani Rat\u201d on the Holocaust of the Roms, where she had also a leading role and was a storyteller.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Photojournalistic assignments, <em>lectio <\/em>and academic conferences, exhibitions, shows performing reportage, teaching and curating, fine art prints: monikabulaj(at)gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/pubblicazioni-2023\/\"><strong>TEARSHEETS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BOOKS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 &#8220;Memories, Recurrences and Amnesia\u201d, in: Ulysses Europen Odyssey, UEO Consortium, in collaboration with LETS,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Museo di Letteratura di Trieste, 2025 (in English)<\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 20px; color: #333333;\">\n<p>\u2022 <i style=\"color: #333333;\">Geografie sommerse (<\/i>print: EBS 2023, in Italian)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2022 Where Gods Whisper\/Dove gli dei si parlano<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>(Contrasto, Italy 2017, in English and Italian)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nur. Zapiski afga\u0144skie\/Nur. Afgan Notes<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>(in Polish, National Geographic, Poland 2017)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nur. La luce nascosta dell&#8217;Afghanistan\/Nur.The Hidden Light of Afghanistan (Electa Mondadori, Italy 2013, in Italian))<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 People of God, a Travel into Another Europe (in Italian, Postcart, Italy 2012)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bo\u017cy ludzie. Podr\u00f3\u017c po kres Europy\/People of God, a Travel into Another Europe (in Polish, BOSZ, Poland 2009)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 People of God, a Travel into Another Europe (in Italian, Frassinelli, Italy 2008)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Rebecca e la pioggia\/Rebecca and the Rain (in Italian, Frassinelli Italy 2007)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Figli di No\u00e8\/Sons of Noah (in Italian, Frassinelli Italy 2006)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Gerusalemme perduta\/Jerusalem Lost, with Paolo Rumiz (in Italian, Frassinelli Italy 2005)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Women, stories (in Italian, Alinari<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Italy 2004)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Libya Felix (in Italian, Bruno Mondadori 2002)<\/p>\n<p>and others books and catalogues<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>MOST NOTABLE AWARDS, GRANTS AND NOMINATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Journalism Fund Europe, grant for investigative Cross-Border Journalism, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 IPA 2023, Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, category: documentary book<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Leica International Society 2022 grant winner, Ireland<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Premio Montale Fuori di Casa, Sezione Giornalismo Fotografico, 2022, Italy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nomination for the Luxembourg Art Price 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nomination for National Geographic Society&#8217;s Storytelling Fellowship, USA 2020<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u2022Travel grant from Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, USA 2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Virginia Quarterly Review Prize for Photography, USA 2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Leonian Award\/ W. Eugene Smith grant in Humanistic Photography, USA 2018<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nomination for the Prix Carmignac \u2018The Amazon\u2019 2018<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nomination for Award ANI &#8211; PixPalace 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nomination for Visa d&#8217;Or Daily Press 2015<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The National Non Violence Award 2014 (First woman to be given this award)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Catchlight, the honourable mention in the Professional Category 2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Premio Citt\u00e0 di Trieste al Reportage 2012<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tomizza award 2012<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nomination for Beata Pawlak Award 2011<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lucchetta Grant 2011<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 TEDGlobal Fellowship 2011<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Aftermath Project Grant Winner 2010<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bruce Chatwin Special Award for Photography \u201cAbsolute Eyes\u201d 2009<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Grant in Visual Arts sponsored by the European Association for Jewish Culture 2005<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>EXHIBITIONS<\/b><\/p>\n<p>2025: <em data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"629\">Heretical Horses,\u00a0<\/em>Urban Art, Fondazione Antonio Presti Fiumara d&#8217;Arte, Triennale della Contemporaneit\u00e0,\u00a0Monumental Open-Air Museum Magma, Librino (Catania), Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>2024: <em>Nur. appunti afghani<\/em>, Lignano, Italy<\/p>\n<p>2023: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/libri\/\"><em>Geografie sommerse<\/em><\/a>, Magazzino delle Idee, Ente Regionale per il Patrimonio Culturale del FGV, Trieste,\u00a0Italia<\/p>\n<p>2023: <em>Nur. La luce nascosta dell&#8217;Afghanistan<\/em>, Palazzo Ducale, Genova,\u00a0Italia<\/p>\n<p>2023: <em>Ai confini del sacro<\/em>, \u00a0Circolo Tina Modotti, Bolzano, Italia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2022-2023: In the shadow of the Baobab. Emergency and the beauty of the care. Milan and Venice and IMP-Festival -International Months of Photojournalism Padova, Italy<\/p>\n<p>2022: Broken Songlines, Festival Fotografico Europeo, Busto Arsizio, Italy<\/p>\n<p>2021: <em>Broken Songlines,<\/em> Fotografica, Bergamo, Italy<\/p>\n<p>2020: <em>Broken Songlines,<\/em> Festival Isole che Parlano, Palau, Sardegna, Italy<\/p>\n<p>2019: <em>Broken Songlines<\/em>, Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>2018:\u00a0<i>Nur. Afghan Diaries, <\/i>Ancona Photo Festival, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>2017: <i>Where Gods Whisper\/Sacred Crossings<\/i>, Centre Europ\u00e9en de Cr\u00e9ation et de Production, France. <i>Nur. Afghan Diaries<\/i>, Reggia of Colorno and Exhibition for Emergency, Brescia, Italy. <i>Eyes on Main Street<\/i>, Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, USA.<\/p>\n<p>2016: <i>Nur. Afghan Diaries<\/i>, ANI Pixpalace Award, Paris. <i>Sacred Crossings<\/i>, The Grotowski Institute, Wroc\u0142aw. <i>Nur. Afghan Diaries<\/i>, Lugano, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>2015: <i>Where Gods Whisper<\/i>, Milano, Italy. <i>Haiti of the Souls<\/i>, Visa Pour l&#8217;Image, Perpignan, France.<\/p>\n<p>2013: <i>Auras<\/i>, Assisi, Italy. <i>Nur. The hidden light of Afghanistan<\/i>, Paris.<\/p>\n<p>2012: <i>Target Afghanistan, the land beyond the war<\/i>, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. <i>People of God<\/i>, Balkan and Caucasian Observatory, Trento. <i>Nur. Afghan Diaries<\/i>, Il salone degli Incanti, Trieste. <i>Auras<\/i>, Festival on The Move, Cortona, Italy. <i>Gens du Dieu, Le voyage en Autre Europe<\/i>, San Mal\u00f2, France. <i>People of God<\/i>, Festival Poiesis, Fabriano, Italy. <i>The meaning of life<\/i>, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, National Geographic Italia. <i>Through Our Lens: Photographers Reflect on Empowerment<\/i>, 25 Central Park West Gallery, New York.<\/p>\n<p>2011: <i>Nur<\/i>, Officine Fotografiche, Rome. <i>Auras<\/i>, Venice. <i>Russia 2009<\/i>, Saint Petersburg. <i>Nur<\/i>, Palazzo Ducale, Venice. <i>Room 16: &#8220;Religions in Trieste&#8221;<\/i> Centre de Cultura Contempor\u00e0nia de Barcelona, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>2010: <i>Auras<\/i>, Villa Pomata, Sardinia, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>2009: <i>Auras<\/i>, Castello di Otranto, Italy. <i>Vertical Europe<\/i>, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. <i>Elia\u2019s Journey<\/i>, Festival della Storia, Gorizia. <i>The Reverse Gerund<\/i>, Rubiera, Italy. <i>Elia\u2019s Journey<\/i>, Jewish Museum, Trieste. <i>People of God<\/i>, Katholische Akademie in Bayern, Munchen, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>2008: <i>People of God<\/i>, Galleria BelVedere, Milan. <i>Auras<\/i>, Sama Khana, Cairo, Egypt. <i>Rebecca and the rain<\/i>, Antichi Chiostri, Turin. <i>Auras<\/i>, Palazzo Blumenstihl-Istituto Polacco, Rome. <i>Auras<\/i>, ex Monastero dei Benedettini, Catania, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>2007: <i>People of God<\/i>, World Social Agenda, Bolzano. <i>Rebecca and the Rain<\/i>, Verona and Genoa. <i>People of God<\/i>, Centro Candiani, Venice; Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna; Palazzo Ducale, Genoa. <i>Rebecca and the Rain<\/i>, Basilica di S. Petronio, Bologna.<\/p>\n<p>2006: <i>Sons of Noah<\/i>, Porta Sant\u2019Agostino, Bergamo. <i>People of God<\/i>, Palazzo Geremia, Trento.<\/p>\n<p>2005: <i>Women, stories<\/i>, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence. <i>People of God<\/i>, Italian Institute of Culture, Colonia. <i>People of God<\/i>, Asti.<i> People of God<\/i>, Museo Civico, Reggio Emilia. <i>The Return on the Don<\/i>, Strehler Theatre, Milan. <i>Le ha ma la ya<\/i>, Rome. <i>People of God,<\/i> Remembrance Day, Milan.<\/p>\n<p>2004: <i>People of God<\/i>, Galleria Nazionale d&#8217;Umbria, Perugia. <i>People of God<\/i>, Teatro Sociale, Bergamo. <i>Menschen Gottes<\/i>, Langer Foundation, Bolzano. <i>People of God<\/i>, Europe and the Balkans International Network University of Bologna, Forl\u00ec. <i>People of God<\/i>, Polish Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>2003:<i> People of God<\/i>, Polish Institute, Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>2002: <i>People of God<\/i>, Polish Institute, Rome. <i>Martinka gipsy and other stories<\/i>, Turin.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1215 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/L1003120BULAJBASSA-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"www.monikabulaj.com\" width=\"980\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/L1003120BULAJBASSA-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/L1003120BULAJBASSA-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/L1003120BULAJBASSA-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/L1003120BULAJBASSA.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>One night, in the tavern, Wang-F\u00f4 shared Ling\u2019s table. The old man had been drinking in order to better paint a drunkard, and he cocked his head to one side as if trying to measure the distance between his hand and his bowl. The rice wine undid the tongue of the taciturn craftsman, and that night Wang spoke as if silence were a wall and words the colors with which to cover it. Thanks to him, Ling got to know the beauty of the drunkards\u2019 faces blurred by the vapors of hot drink, the brown splendor of the roasts unevenly brushed by tongues of fire, and the exquisite blush of wine stains strewn on the tablecloths like withered petals. A gust of wind broke the window: the downpour entered the room. 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