Ewa Białołęcka (born 14 December 1967 in
Elbląg
Elbląg (; ; ) is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 127,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021. It is the capital of Elbląg County.
Elbląg is one of the ol ...
) is a Polish
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
writer. She currently lives in
Gdańsk
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.
Her literary debut was her short story ''Wariatka'' (Madwoman), published in 1993.
[ Since then she has written more than a dozen short stories, two of which, ''Tkacz Iluzji'' (''Weaver of Illusions'') (1994) and ''Błękit Maga'' (''Magician's Blue'') (1997) were awarded with the Janusz A. Zajdel Award, and another, ''Nocny śpiewak'' (''The Night Singer''), nominated to this award. She also published ''Piołun i miód'' (''Wormwood and Honey''), all of which are part of the ''Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu'' (''The Chronicles of the Second Circle'') series.][ In 2005, she published ''Naznaczeni błękitem'' (''Marked with Blue''), which is a new version of the ''Tkacz Iluzji'' short story collection, made more consistent with the other two novels. Białołęcka also creates ]stained glass
Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
works.[
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Works
Kroniki Drugiego Kręgu series
* ''Kamień na szczycie'', 2002
* ''Piołun i miód'', 2003
Other novels
* ''Wiedźma.com.pl'', 2008
Collections
* ''Naznaczeni błękitem'', 2005-2011
* ''Tkacz Iluzji'', 1997
* ''Róża Selerbergu'', 2006
Translations to English
Her story "Jestem Lamia" has been translated to English by Krystyna Nahlik as “I Am Lamia” in the ''Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winners Anthology'' (2000).
References
External links
Website presenting some of her stained glass works
1967 births
Living people
People from Elbląg
Polish fantasy writers
Polish women writers
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
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