Małgorzata Szejnert (Polish pronunciation: ; born 28 April 1936,

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) is a Polish

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and

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Biography

She graduated from the

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Girls' High School in

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. She also graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at the

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. She was head of the reportage section in the weekly newspaper Literatura. In 1981, after the imposition of

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, she collaborated with the underground anti-communist press. In 1984, she moved to the United States where she worked for the ''Nowy Dziennik'' daily newspaper. In 1986, she returned to Poland. She is one of the co-founders of ''

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''. She made her literary debut in 1972, with the publication of ''Borowiki przy ternpajku'', a book about the Polish diaspora in America.

Awards and honours

In 2008, she was nominated to the

Angelus Award The Angelus Central European Literature Award also known as Angelus Award () is a Polish international literary award established in 2006 and presented by the city of Wrocław, Lower Silesia. The award is given annually for best prose books writ ...

for her book ''Czarny ogród'' (The Black Garden). Her book ''Wyspa klucz'' received a nomination to the

Nike Award The Nike Literary Award (, pronounced ) 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 for Polish literatu ...

in 2010. Her another work, ''Usypać góry. Historie z Polesia'', was nominated to the Ryszard Kapuściński Award in 2015. In 2015, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) 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 alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

Bibliography

*''Borowiki przy ternpajku'', Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, 1972. *''Ulica z latarnią'', Warsaw: Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, 1977. *''I niespokojnie tu i tam'', Olsztyn: Wydawnictwo Pojezierze, 1980. *''Szczecin: Grudzień-Sierpień-Grudzień'', współautor Tomasz Zalewski, Warsaw: NOWA, 1984; London: Aneks, 1986. *''Sława i infamia. Rozmowa z Bohdanem Korzeniewskim'', London: Aneks,1988; Warszawa: „Pokolenie”, 1988; Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1992 *''Śród żywych duchów'', London: Aneks, 1990; wyd. II, Warsaw: Znak, 2012 *''Czarny ogród'', Kraków: Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2007, *''Szczecin: Grudzień-Sierpień-Grudzień'' współautor Tomasz Zalewski, London: Aneks, 1990; *''Szczecin: Walkowska'' Wydawnictwo, 2008, *''Wyspa klucz'', Kraków: Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2009, *''Dom żółwia. Zanzibar'', Kraków: Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2011, *''My, właściciele Teksasu. Reportaże z PRL-u'', Kraków: Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2013, . *''Usypać góry. Historie z Polesia'', Kraków: Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2015,

References

External links

www.culture.pl – Małgorzata Szejnert
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Awards and honours

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