Bogumiła Berdychowska-Szostakowska
(born 10 January 1964) is a
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
writer and journalist, often writing about the
Polish minorities
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
in the former
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
and their history.
She was the director of the
Bureau of National Minorities in the
Polish Ministry of Art and Culture (1989–1994), and the vice-director of
Polskie Radio
Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna (PR S.A.; English: Polish Radio) is Poland's national public-service radio broadcasting organization owned by the State Treasury of Poland.
History
Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began making ...
(1994–2002). Since 2003, she has been the Director of the
stipend
A stipend is a regular fixed sum of money paid for services or to defray expenses, such as for scholarship, internship, or apprenticeship. It is often distinct from an income or a salary because it does not necessarily represent payment for work pe ...
s department in
Narodowe Centrum Kultury (National Center of Culture). She was in charge of coordinating the Polish-Ukrainian youth exchange. Author of publications in Tygodnik Powszechny and Więzi, among others. In 2014, she co-founded and was a member of the Civic Committee for Solidarity with Ukraine (KOSzU).
Berdychowska is also a member of the
Civic Committee of the Solidarity with Ukraine (KOSzU).
Awards
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Order of Princess Olga
The Order of Princess Olga ( uk, Орден княгині Ольги) is a Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and bestowed to women for "personal merits in state, production, scientific, educational, cultural, charity and other ...
, 3rd class (Ukraine, 2009)
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Antonovych prize
The Antonovych Prize is an annual award of US$10,000 given by the Omelian and Tetiana Antonovych Foundation since 1981 for literary works written in Ukrainian and for research in Ukrainian studies. Institutions, individuals, and members of the pri ...
(2010)
*
Order of Polonia Restituta
The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...
, Officer's Cross (2012)
Works
"Juszczenko", ''Tygodnik Powszechny'', Nr 18, 6 May 2001
References
1967 births
Living people
Polish journalists
Polish women journalists
Ukrainianists
Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni
People associated with the magazine "Kultura"
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