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Anna Janko (born Aneta Jankowska, 27 August 1957), is a
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, columnist and literary critic.


Life

Aneta Jankowska was born in
Rybnik Rybnik (Polish pronunciation: ; szl, Rybńik) is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (11 miles) from the Czech border. It is on ...
, in the
Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian ...
,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
, 27 August 1957. She is the daughter of
Teresa Ferenc Teresa Ferenc (27 April 1934 – 1 August 2022) was a Polish poet. Life Ferenc was born in Ruszów-Kolonia in the administrative district of Gmina Łabunie, within Zamość County in Lublin Voivodeship in Poland on 27 April 1934. She lived ...
(born in 1934) and Zbigniew Jankowski. Her mother, as a 9-year-old child, survived the massacre carried out by the German army in the village of Sochy. Janko presented the event in her book ''Mała Zagłada'' (''A Little Annihilation''), published in 2015, which won the "Gryfia" Literary Award. As a poet, she debuted in 1977. In the second half of the 1970s, she was associated with the poetry ''Nowa Prywatność'' (''New Privacy''). She collaborated with the
Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
monthly magazine Odra (magazine), ''Odra'', the Polskie Radio Program II, Second Program of Polish Radio, and the magazine ''Pani''. She currently cooperates with ''Zwierciadło''. She is a member of the PEN International, PEN-club and the Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (The Association of Polish Writers). Olga Tokarczuk, winner Nobel Prize in Literature (2018), and winner of International Booker Prize, The Man Booker International Prize (2018) said about the book ''A Little Annihilation'' (''Mała Zagłada''): "Scenes from the war live on as trauma in the memory of the next generation. ''A Little Annihilation'' by Anna Janko is an extraordinarily personal and powerful account of how the worst wartime atrocities affect ordinary people and are seldom recorded in the official histories." Critic Artur Sandauer said about Anna Janko: "A female Arthur Rimbaud, Rimbaud".


Publications

;Poetry * ''List do królika doświadczalnego'', 1977 ("Letter to a Guinea Pig") * ''Wykluwa się staruszka'', 1979 * ''Diabłu świeca'', 1980 * ''Koronki na rany'', 1989 * ''Zabici czasem długo stoją'', 1995 ("The dead sometimes stand for a long time") * ''Świetlisty cudzoziemiec'', 2000 ("A shining foreigner") * ''Du bist Der'', niemieckojęzyczny wybór wierszy, Berlin, 2000 (''Du bist Der'', German-language selection of poems", Berlin) * ''Wiersze z cieniem'', 2010 ("Poems with shadows") * ''Miłość, śmierć i inne wzory'', 2016 ("Love, death and other patterns") ;Prose * ''Dziewczyna z zapałkami'', Nowy Świat 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 (Wydawnictwo Literackie) (''Girl with Matches'') * ''Maciupek i Maleńtas. Niezwykłe przygody w Brzuchu Mamy,'' Nasza Księgarnia 2012 ("Maciupek and Maleńtas. Unusual adventures in Mother's Belly.") * ''Pasja według św. Hanki,'' Wydawnictwo Literackie 2012 ("Passion according to st. Hanka") * ''Boscy i nieznośni. Niezwykłe biografie,'' Wydawnictwo Zwierciadło, 2012 ("Divine and unbearable. Unusual biographies") (about, among others, Margaret Mitchell, Mia Farrow, Czesław Miłosz, and Dustin Hoffman) * ''Mała zagłada'' (''A Little Annihilation''), Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2015 ;Drama * ''Rzeź lalek'', 1981, Teatr Współczesny w Szczecinie, reż. Andrzej Chrzanowski. ("Doll slaughter") * ''Śmierć to dobry początek'', słuchowisko radiowe, Polskie Radio Program II, 2 program Polskiego Radia, 2005, reż. Henryk Rozen. ("Death is a good start", a radio play, Polskie Radio Program II, 2nd program of Polish Radio)


Awards and honors

* Nagroda Młodych im Włodzimierza Pietrzaka za twórczość poetycką, 1980. ("Włodzimierz Pietrzak Youth Award for poetry") * Nagroda Gdańska Książka Roku za tom ''Diabłu świeca'', 1981. ("Gdańsk Book of the Year Award") * Nagroda Związku Pisarzy Niezależnych w Dreźnie za twórczość poetycką, 1993. ("Award of the Union of Independent Writers in Dresden for poetic work") * Nominacja do Nike Award, Nagrody Literackiej Nike za tom ''Świetlisty cudzoziemiec'', 2001. ("Nomination for the Nike Award, Nike Literary Award for the volume ''Shining foreigner ''") * Nagroda Książka Wiosny 2007 Poznańskiego Przeglądu Nowości Wydawniczych za powieść ''Dziewczyna z zapałkami'' ("Book of the Spring 2007 Award of the Poznań News Publishing Review for the novel ''Girl with Matches'') * Nagroda Warszawskiej Premiery Literackiej za powieść ''Dziewczyna z zapałkami'', Książka Czerwca 2007 ("Warsaw Literary Premiere Award for the novel ''Girl with Matches'', Book June 2007") * Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej Srebrny Kałamarz im. Hermenegildy Kociubińskiej, 2008 ("Nomination for the Silver Inkwell Hermenegildy Kociubińska, 2008") * Nominacja do Nagrody Mediów Cogito za powieść ''Dziewczyna z zapałkami'', 2008 ("Nomination to the Cogito Media Award for the novel ''Girl with Matches'', 2008") * Nominacja do Literackiej Angelus Award, Nagrody Europy Środkowej Angelus za powieść ''Dziewczyna z zapałkami'', 2008. ("Nomination for the Angelus Award, Angelus Central European Literary Award for the novel ''Girl with Matches'', 2008") * Nagroda Literacka im. Władysław Reymont, Władysława Reymonta, za powieść ''Dziewczyna z zapałkami'', 2008 ("Władysław Reymont Literary Award for the novel ''Girl with Matches'', 2008") * Nagroda Książka Lata 2012 Poznańskiego Przeglądu Nowości Wydawniczych, za ''Pasję według św. Hanki'' * Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej dla Autorki Gryfia 2013, za Pasję ''według św. Hanki'' (finalistka) * Nominacja do Literackiej Nagrody Nike 2013, za powieść ''Pasja według św. Hanki'' * Wyróżnienie w Ogólnopolskim Konkursie im. Kornela Makuszyńskiego za książkę dla dzieci ''Maciupek i Maleńtas. Niezwykłe przygody w brzuchu Mamy'', 2013 ("Distinction in the National Kornel Makuszyński Competition for the book for children Maciupek and Maleńtas. Unusual adventures in Mama's belly, 2013") * Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej i Historycznej ''Identitas'' za książkę ''Mała zagłada'', 2015. ("Nomination for the Identitas Literary and Historical Award for the book ''A Little Annihilation'', 2015") * Nominacja w III edycji Nagrody Newsweeka im. Teresy Torańskiej (2015) w kategorii "Najlepsza książka" za książkę ''Mała zagłada'' ("Nomination in the third edition of Newsweek Award Teresa Torańska (2015) in the 'Best Book' category for the book ''A Little Annihilation''") * Nagroda miesięcznika Nowe Książki, „Nowe książki” za rok 2015 za książkę ''Mała zagłada'' ("Award of the monthly 'New Books' for 2015 for the book ''A Little Annihilation''" * Nagroda Literacka m.st. Warszawy 2016 w kategorii proza za książkę ''Mała zagłada'' ("Literary Award of the Capital City of Warsaw Warsaw 2016 in the prose category for the book ''A Little Annihilation''") * Nagroda Literacka dla Autorki „Gryfia” 2016 za książkę ''Mała zagłada'' ("Literary Award for the Author "Gryfia" 2016 for the book A Little Annihilation") * Finał Literackiej Nagrody Europy Środkowej Angelus za książkę ''Mała zagłada'' ("The final of the Angelus Central European Literary Award for the book ''A Little Annihilation''")


See also

*List of Polish-language authors *List of Polish-language poets *List of Poles


References


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External links


Anna Janko on the shortlist for the Angelus Award!

"Mała Zagłada" by Anna Janko
about the book ''A Little Annihilation'' by Anna Janko.
Przepisana biografia matki. O "Małej Zagładzie" Anny Janko w perspektywie pamięci biodziedzicznej
Mother's biography prescribed. On ''A Little Annihilation'' by Anna Janko in the perspective of heraldic memory.
"Wojna nie umiera nigdy, tylko zmienia mundury". W "Xięgarni" o Literackiej Nagrodzie Angelus
TVN24: "War never dies but changes its uniforms." In "Xięgarnia" about the Angelus Literary Award.
''A Little Annihilation'' (English Edition)

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TVP Kultura Studio. Rozmowy. Anna Janko
TVP Studio Kultura. Conversations. Anna Janko *
A Minor Genocide
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Zabili, spalili, zbombardowali. „Mała zagłada” ujrzała światło dzienn
TVP: They killed, burned and bombed. ''Little Annihilation'' saw the light of day. {{DEFAULTSORT:Janko, Anna 1957 births Living people Polish women poets Polish columnists Polish women columnists People from Rybnik 20th-century Polish poets 20th-century Polish women writers 21st-century Polish poets 21st-century Polish women writers Polish literary critics Polish women literary critics