Ałbena Grabowska (born 1971,

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) is a Polish writer and

neurologist Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...

. 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

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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 Dziekanów Leśny 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

Siedlce Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...

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 TVP 1 channel. It was directed by Piotr Trzaskalski and stars

Kinga Preis Kinga Anna Preis (born 31 August 1971) is a Polish actress. She is six-time Polish Film Awards–winner: four times for Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress in ''Tuesday'' (2001), ''In Darkness (2011 film), In ...

Olaf Lubaszenko Olaf Sergiusz Linde-Lubaszenko (born 6 December 1968) is a Polish people, Polish actor and film director. He was born in Wrocław, the son of actors Edward Linde-Lubaszenko and Asja Łamtiugina. Olaf Lubaszenko starred in films by Krzysztof Ki ...

Adam Ferency Adam Ferency (born 5 October 1951) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1976. He starred in the 1990 film '' Burial of a Potato'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Ca ...

, 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

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Personal life

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

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