Ałbena Grabowska (born 1971,

Pruszków Pruszków ( yi, ‏פּרושקאָוו) is a city in east-central Poland, situated in the Masovian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in Warszawa Voivodeship (1975–1998). Pruszków is the capital of Pruszków County, located along t ...

) is a Polish writer and

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. She is best known for her historical

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''Stulecie Winnych''.

Life and career

She was born in 1971 in

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, Poland. She graduated from the

Medical University of Warsaw The Medical University of Warsaw ( Polish name: '' Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny'', Latin name: ''Universitas Medica Varsoviensis'') is one of the oldest and the largest medical school in Poland. The first academic department of medicine was crea ...

and specializes in the treatment of

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. On 27 October 2004, she obtained a

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in medicine. She worked at the Neurology and Epileptology Clinic in

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as well as the Department of Pathophysiology and Electroencephalography of the

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Hospital. She also works in the Polish Epileptology Association. For many years, she worked as a columnist and published various medicine-related articles in the press. She made her literary debut in 2011 when she published her first novel ''Tam, gdzie urodził się Orfeusz'' (The Place Where Orpheus Was Born). She writes books belonging both to adult and children's literature. In 2014, she became the ambassador of the "Women's Solidarity" social campaign. In 2015, she received the Pióro Award at the 4th Festival of Women's Literature in

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for her best-selling three-volume historical

''Stulecie Winnych''. In 2019, ''Stulecie Winnych'' was adapted into a TV series by Poland's national public broadcaster

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channel. It was directed by

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and stars

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at the Polish Internet Movie Database

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, and Jan Wieczorkowski. In 2020, she wrote the

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to the ''Pora jeziora'' musical staged by the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic. In 2023, she wrote the libretto to the ''Kopernik'' (Copernicus) musical staged by the Kraków Opera.

Personal life

She is of Polish–Bulgarian descent and apart from Polish speaks fluent

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. She has three children: Julian, Alina and Franciszek.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grabowska, Ałbena 1971 births Living people Polish women writers Polish women novelists Polish people of Bulgarian descent People from Pruszków 21st-century Polish novelists 21st-century Polish women writers Polish neurologists Medical University of Warsaw alumni

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