Kinga Maria Dunin-Horkawicz (born 1954 in

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) is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist.

Life

She is a columnist for the ''Wysokie Obcasy'' (women's extra of the ''

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'') and academic teacher at the

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. Before 1989 she was active in the democratic opposition ( KOR and

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among others). Member of the New Left intellectual milieu

Krytyka Polityczna ''Krytyka Polityczna'' (; "The Political Critique") is a circle of Polish left-wing intellectuals gathered around a journal of the same title founded by Sławomir Sierakowski in 2002 but is open to voices from across the political spectrum. The ...

and of the Polish

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.Zespół KP
(in Polish)

Books

Sociology * 1991: ''Cudze problemy. Analiza dyskursu publicznego w Polsce'' (Others' Problems: an Analysis of Polish Public Discourse; coauthor) * 2004: ''Czytając Polskę. Literatura polska po roku 1989 wobec dylematów nowoczesności'' (Reading Poland: Polish post-1989 Literature and the Dilemmas of Modernity) Feminism * 1996: ''Tao gospodyni domowej'' (Tao of a Housewife) * 2000: ''Karoca z dyni'' (A Pumpkin Coach) - nomination for

Nike Award The Nike Literary Award ( pl, Nagroda Literacka „Nike") is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award fo ...

2001 * 2002: ''Czego chcecie ode mnie, "Wysokie Obcasy"?'' (What do you want from me, "Wysokie Obcasy"?) * 2007: ''Zadyma'' (A Revolt) Novels * 1998: ''Tabu'' (Taboo) * 1999: ''Obciach'' (Embarrassment)

References

External links

Polish bibliography 1988 - 2001
1954 births Living people Writers from Łódź The Greens (Poland) politicians Polish feminists Polish women writers Polish atheists {{poland-writer-stub