Barbora Bažantová was born in Strakonice in 1989. After graduating from high school, she spent several years wandering and working in unqualified jobs in various parts of Europe. Later she starts to study on a university in Brno. During her studies, her first book, “Hoří chemička, něco si přej” is published, in which she describes participatory observations from her residencial stay in Janov, excluded housing estate located on outskirts of Litvínov (town in northern Bohemia) and reflects on her own role within.

She continues to adhere to this approach. Her writing is based in her own lived experiences or those she has observed. Texts she creates lack the heroic ambitions and complicated plots of great novels; instead, they capture images and dialogues between individual characters and the environment that shapes them—an environment they, in turn, help to shape. 

Apart from literature; she started a volunteer association working with Romani children and she is engaged in the fields of visual arts and documentary work. She earns money as a seasonal manual worker.