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Grażyna Skąpska
Grażyna is a Polish feminine given name. The name was created by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for the main character of his 1823 poem ''Grażyna''. The name is derived from the Lithuanian adjective ''gražus'', meaning "pretty", "beautiful".April 1 a name day for Grażyna s/ hypocoristics include Grasia, Grazia, Grażynka, Grażka, Grażusia. In Polish tradition, the name days for Grażyna are April 1 and July 26. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Language
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ''ę'', ''ł'', ''ń'', ''ó'', ''ś'', ''ź'', ''ż'') to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet, although they are not used in native words. The traditional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Kostrzewińska
Grażyna Maria Kostrzewińska, née Osmańska (born 26 November 1950 in Toruń) is a Polish former pair skater. With Adam Brodecki, she placed 11th at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ... in Sapporo. From 1972, she competed as Grażyna Kostrzewińska, having married footballer Zdzisław Kostrzewiński in 1971. Results With Brodecki With Górecki References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostrzewinska, Grazyna 1950 births Polish female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters of Poland Living people Sportspeople from Toruń Figure skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Grażyna Gałecka-Szmurło
Wanda Grażyna Gałecka-Szmurło (21 August 1899 in Warsaw - 10 January 1993) was a Polish lawyer, independence and social activist, the second woman in Poland who was entered on the list of lawyers. She conducted intensive social and journalistic activities in the field of law, she also participated in legislative works in the field of matrimonial Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ... property law. Advocate Wanda Grażyna Szmurło was appointed by the Minister of National Defense Janusz Onyszkiewicz (by order of 3 July 1992) a second lieutenant in the Polish Army. References 1899 births 1993 deaths Lawyers from Warsaw 20th-century women lawyers {{Poland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Vetulani
Grażyna Małgorzata Vetulani née Świerczyńska (born 15 March 1956) is a Polish philologist and linguist, professor of the humanities, professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University ( pl, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. It traces its origins to 1611, when under the Royal Ch ... and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Biography She is a daughter of Hieronim Świerczyński and Regina Kocińska. In 1979 she graduated in Romance studies from Adam Mickiewicz University. She received a PhD in 1988. On 17 June 2013 she received the title of full professor. Since 1979 Grażyna Vetulani works at the Adam Mickieiwcz University in Poznań. She is a Head of Department of Contrastive Linguistics since 2000. Since 2008 she is a member of the University Senate. Vetulani is an author of a number of scientific publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Wolszczak
Grażyna Wolszczak (born 7 December 1958 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish actress. In 2016, she co-signed, together with hundreds of other people, a letter to Ban Ki-Moon calling for a more humane drug policy. Filmography *'' Na Wspólnej'' (2003) *''Wiedźmin'' TV series (2002) as Yennefer *''Wiedźmin ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are b ...'' film (2001) as Yennefer *'' An Air So Pure'' (1997) References External linksGrażyna Wolszczakat IMDb Polish actresses 1958 births Living people {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Witkowska
Grażyna Witkowska (born 22 June 1952) is a Polish gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1952 births Living people Polish female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Poland Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Warsaw {{Poland-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Rabsztyn
Grażyna Józefa Rabsztyn (; born September 20, 1952 in Wrocław) is a retired Polish hurdler. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics on three occasions (1972–1980) and was a finalist each time (twice placing fifth). Rabsztyn set three world records in 100 m hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds. She had the same time a year later, on June 18, 1979, and finally, on June 13, 1980 she had her best time ever, 12.36 seconds. Her world record was matched and later beaten by Yordanka Donkova. Rabsztyn's then world record time gives her the eleventh place in the all-time list of 100 m hurdlers. Her personal best remains the Polish record for the event Rabsztyn never won an outdoor Olympic, World or European medal. She did, however, win several medals at indoor competitions. She was a two-time 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Strachota
Grażyna Strachota ( Grazyna Strachota-Szpakowska; born 8 September 1960, in Warsaw), is a Polish actress. She appeared in the television series '' Aby do świtu...'' in 1992. Filmography Personal life Strachota is married to sports commentator Dariusz Szpakowski Dariusz Szpakowski (born 15 May 1951 in Warsaw) is a popular Polish Sports commentator, working for the Polish TV. He also used to work for the Polish Radio. Szpakowski, a graduate of Warsaw’s Jan Zamoyski High School and of Jozef Pilsudski U .... They have 2 children together. References External links * 1960 births Living people Actresses from Warsaw {{Poland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska
Grażyna Staszak-Makowska (born 1 November 1953) is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1953 births Living people Polish female fencers Olympic fencers of Poland Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz 20th-century Polish women {{Poland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Szapołowska
Grażyna Szapołowska (; born 19 September 1953) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She was born in Bydgoszcz. The father was of Latvian-Polish descent, and mother, Wanda, was Lithuanian-Polish descent. She has a sister, Lidia, who is 11 years older. After passing the baccalauréat she joined at Wroclaw Theatre of Pantomime. In 1977 she graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. From 1977 until 1984 she was in the theatrical company of the National Theatre, Warsaw. She starred in Károly Makk's 1982 Hungarian film '' Another Way'' which portrays a lesbian relationship, ''A Short Film About Love'' (1988) by Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, and in its earlier and shorter form the sixth episode of ''Dekalog''. It was she who suggested to Kieslowski the different ending of the full-length version. For that role she received the Polish Film Award at the 13th Gdynia Film Festival. She had previously starred in another Kieslowski fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 16 July 1947) is a Polish composer and music educator. Life Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied composition at the State School of Music in Wrocław with Stefan Poradowski and Tadeusz Natanson, and in France under Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen. She took courses at the Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique in Paris and studied Iannis Xenakis's music in Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. .... After completing her studies, Pstrokońska-Nawratil took a position in 1971 at the State School of Music in Wroclaw, becoming a professor in 1993 and later Chair of Composition and Music Theory. Beginning in 1998, she also taught at the Poznan Academy of Music. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Prokopek
Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček (born 20 April 1977 in Zalewo) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She is married to a Czech former pole vaulter, Štěpán Janáček. International competitions 1Representing Europe Personal bests Outdoor * 100 metres – 11.67 (Bydgoszcz 1999) * 200 metres – 23.22 (Bydgoszcz 2004) * 400 metres – 51.29 (Athens 2004) * 800 metres – 2:08.31 (Suwałki 1999) Indoor * 60 metres – 7.57 (Prague 2006) * 200 metres – 23.94 (Spała 2004) * 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... – 52.00 (Birmingham 2007) See also * Polish records in athletics References External links * 1977 births Living people Polish female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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