Margaret (Małgorzata, Gosha) Pospiech is a Polish writer, filmmaker, journalist, translator, and photographer, based in New York. She obtained her PhD from Wroclaw University where she studied literature, film and art. She gained national recognition for her work as director and writer of a feature documentary about American filmmaker

Arthur Penn Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American director and producer of film, television and theater. Closely associated with the American New Wave, Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 19 ...

. Pospiech has produced several other documentaries for Polish television and compiled over 70 interviews on camera with veterans of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, which are now housed in visual archives at the Polish Army Veteran's Association building in Manhattan and linked to the official site of

Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He's known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ''Gallipoli'' (1981), ''Witness ...

's movie '' The Way Back'' (2010). She has also produced experimental films, including "Heat" (2005) and video installations, including "Wasteland" (2006–2009), and "Landscapes" (2008–2010). As a writer, she has contributed to Polish literary magazines, and written articles, essays, interviews, and reviews for both popular and academic publications. She has also published a number of novels (four of them nominated for Central Europe Literary Award) and worked as a translator (published translations).

Filmography

* Arthur Penn (director, writer) (1994) * Andrzej Lech (director, writer) (2002) * We Don't Forget Poland (director, writer) (2002) * Climbers (direct, writer) 2002 * A Generation (director, documentation) (2003) * Heat (director, screenplay, cinematography, editing, producer) (2005)

Bibliography

* Arthur Penn in Conversations, Toruń (2011) * A Small Town (Miasteczko), Toruń (2014), nominated for Central Europe Literary Award * The Seventh Ring (Siódmy Krag), Toruń (2016) * A Notebook (Notatnik), Toruń (2016) * Ariadne's Labyrinths (Kłębki Ariadny), Toruń (2017), nominated for Central Europe Literary Award * Fog Over the River Styx (Mgły nad rzeką Styks), (2019) longlisted for Central Europe Literary Award * Rifts in Time (Szczeliny czasu), Novae Res (2023)long listed for Central Europe Literary Award

References

Living people Polish women writers University of Wrocław alumni Writers from New York City Year of birth missing (living people) {{poland-writer-stub