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Żanna Słoniowska
Żanna Słoniowska ( uk, Слоньовська Жанна; born in Lviv, 1978) is a Polish novelist and journalist. She was the first winner of the Znak (publisher), Znak literary prize for her novel ''The House with the Stained-Glass Window'' and a Conrad Prize winner. Biography Słoniowska was born in Lviv in 1978, in a family with Polish antecedents. She attended the Ukrainian Academy of Printing, following which she worked as a journalist for the television channel NTA. In 2002, she moved to Poland. She began doctoral studies in Warsaw's University of Social Sciences and Humanities. After her marriage, she moved to Krakow. In 2013, she published a historical work ''The most beautiful photographs of pre-war Lviv'', illustrated with fine photographs. The following year, her debut novel ''The House with the Stained-Glass Window'' was published. Awards and recognition ''The House with the Stained-Glass Window'' ''(Dom z Witrażem)'' * Znak publishing house's prize for best nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. It was named in honour of Leo, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great of Poland. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, for a short time, it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic. Between the wars, the city was the centre of the Lwów Voivodeship in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
