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ALEKSANDRA ZIOLKOWSKA-BOEHM | |
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PISARKA, AUTORKA KSIAZEK
doktor nauk humanistycznych Uniw. Warszawskiego |
AUTHOR
OF BOOKS PUBLISHED IN POLAND AND IN CANADA,
Ph.D. in Humanities from Warsaw University, Poland |
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ALEKSANDRA ZIOLKOWSKA-BOEHM urodzila sie w Lodzi, 15 kwietnia 1949 roku. Ukonczyla filologie polska na Uniwersytecie Lódzkim, nastepnie uzyskala tytul doktora nauk humanistycznych na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim. W latach 1972-1974 wspólpracowala z Melchiorem
Wankowiczem (jej pisarz zadedykowal drugi tom, "Karafki LaFontaine'a"
i jej zapisal w testamencie swoje archiwum). Foto - Z prof. Wladyslawem Tatarkiewiczem iStypendystka Oxford Language Centre w Oxfordzie (1975), czlonek Redakcji Repertuaru Teatru Telewizji Polskiej w Warszawie (1977-1981), stypendystka kanadyjskiego Ontaryjskiego Ministerstwa Kultury, Kanadyjsko-Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Toronto, Fundacji Adama Mickiewicza w Toronto i uniwersytetu w Toronto (1981-1983); stypendystka Institute of International Education w Waszyngtonie (1985), Fundacji Kosciuszkowskiej w Nowym Jorku (1990).
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ALEKSANDRA ZIOLKOWSKA-BOEHM was born in Lodz, Poland,
on April 15, 1949. In 1973, she received her Masters Degree in Literature
from the University of Lodz. In 1978, she was granted her Ph.D. in Humanities
from the University of Warsaw. She received scholarships from Oxford Language Centre (Oxford, England 1975), Ontario Ministry of Culture, Toronto (1982), Canadian Polish Research Institute (1982), A.Mickiewicz Foundation (Toronto 1983), Institute of International Education (Washington, D.C.,1985), and The Kosciuszko Foundation (New York 1990).
Fot.Zz Melchiorem Wankowiczem Ziolkowska-Boehm has written fourteen books in her native language that were published in Poland. Two of these books were translated into English and published in Canada, and fragments from three of her books were published in "Anthology" in Germany. She has also written introductions to several books and the scenario for the musical play "2 Korpus w piosenkach Ref-Rena" that appeared on Warsaw TV in 1991 (produced by Barbara Borys-Damiecka). She appeared in four documentary movies dedicated to: Zbigniew Brzezinski the national security advisor to President Jimmy Carter, Canadian senator Stanley Haidasz, the author Melchior Wankowicz (all on Warsaw TV) and Korczak Ziolkowski, the sculptor of "Crazy Horse" in the Black Hills of South Dakota (Philadelphia TV). The sculptor is her great uncle. |
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| OPOWIESCI OPARTE NA PRAWDZIWYCH
ZDARZENIACH I ZYCIU Autorka licznych artykulów publikowanych m.in. w "Odrze"(Wroclaw),"Twoim Stylu", "Przegladzie Powszechnym"(Warszawa),"Arkuszu"(Poznan),"Nowym Dzienniku" (Nowy Jork),"Zeszytach Historycznych","Kulturze"(Paryz),"Periphery"(Ann Arbor MI),"New Horizon"(New York),"Sarmatian Review" (Houston. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia Autorka ksiazek:BLISKO WANKOWICZA (1975, 1978, 1988), Z MIEJSCA NA MIEJSCE (1983, 1988, 1997), SENATOR HAIDASZ (1983), DREAMS AND REALITY (1984), DIECEZJA LÓDZKA I JEJ BISKUPI (1987), MOJE I ZASLYSZANE (1988), KANADYJSKI SENATOR (1989), NA TROPACH WANKOWICZA (1989, 1999), PROCES M.WANKOWICZA 1964 ROKU (1990), NIE TYLKO AMERYKA (1992), KORZENIE SA POLSKIE (1992), ULICA ZÓLWIEGO STRUMIENIA (1995), AMERYKANIE Z WYBORU (1998), THE ROOTS ARE POLISH (2000) Prace redakcyjne (wstep, przypisy i opacowanie}: "M.Wankowicz. Reportaze zagraniczne" (1981), "Dziela emigracyjne" i "Dziela przedwojenne Melchiora Wankowicza"(seria ukazujaca sie od 1990 roku), "Korespondencja Krystyny i Melchiora Wankowiczów" (1992),"Jerzy Giedroyc-Melchior Wankowicz. Listy 1945- 1963"(2000). Autorka sceanariusza widowiska muzycznego "2 Korpus
w piosenkach Ref-Rena" (zrealizowanego w TV Warszawa 1991). Czlonek ZAIKS (Warszawa 1976-), Stowarzyszenia Pisarzy Polskich (Warszawa 1990), Zwiazku Pisarzy Polskich na Obczyznie (Londyn 1994), Fundacji Kosciuszkowskiej (Nowy Jork 1991-), Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Ameryce (Nowy Jork 1991-), Amerykanskiego PEN Clubu- (Nowy Jork 1998-)
Fot. Z Krzysztofem Kakolewskim |
She writes for numerous magazines,
among them “Odra” (Wroclaw, Poland), “Arkusz” (Poznan),
“Kaldeidoscope” (Polish Airlines LOT, Warsaw), “Twój
Styl” (Warsaw), “Nowy Dziennik” (New York), “Kultura”
(Paris), “Zeszyty Historyczne”(Paris), “The Sarmatian Review”
(Houston), “New Horizon” (New York), "Periphery" (Ann
Arbor, MI).
Her published books are: BLISKO WANKOWICZA (Krakow 1975, 1978, 1988), Z MIEJSCA NA MIEJSCE (Krakow,1983, Warsaw 1986, 1997), SENATOR HAIDASZ (Toronto 1983), DREAMS AND REALITY (Toronto 1984), KANADA, KANADA... (Warsaw 1986), DIECEZJA LÓDZKA I JEJ BISKUPI (£odz 1987), MOJE I ZASLYSZANE (Warsaw 1988), KANADYJSKI SENATOR (Warsaw 1989), NA TROPACH WANKOWICZA (Warsaw 1989, 1999), PROCES M.WANKOWICZA 1964 ROKU (Warsaw 1990), NIE TYLKO AMERYKA (Warsaw 1992), KORZENIE SA POLSKIE (Warsaw 1992), ULICA ZOLWIEGO STRUMIENIA (Warsaw 1995), AMERYKANIE Z WYBORU (Warsaw 1998), THE ROOTS ARE POLISH (Toronto 2000), JERZY GIEDROYC-MELCHIOR WANKOWICZ. LISTY 1945-1963 (editing, introduction and footnotes. Warsaw 2000). Her memberships included: ZAIKS (Warsaw 1976-), Society of Polish Writers (SPP, 1990-), Polish Writers Union Abroad (London,1994-), Kosciuszko Foundation (New York,1990-), Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences (New York, 1991-), American PEN Club (New York 1998-). She married to C. Norman Boehm Jr. and she has one son Thomas Tomczyk.
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Fot. Z Rex Alan Smith |
Included in:
* KTO JEST KIM W POLSCE (Who’s
Who In Poland), Interpress, Warszawa )since 1989) |
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1. www.amazon.com 2. Ksiegarnia "Nowego Dziennika",333 W. 38th
St, 3. Polish Bookstore in New York, 333W. 38th Street 4. Bookstore Proszynski i S-ka, Garazowa 7 5. Bookstore Dom Ksiazki w Warszawie Jasna 26 6. von borowiecky Plocka 8/132 7. Ksiegarnia Prószynski
i S-ka, Garazowa 7
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FRAGMENTS FROM REVIEWS:
Aleksandra Ziolkowska: DREAMS AND REALTY (Toronto 1984) In the monthly magazine published in Paris “Kultura”(9. 504 1989), a review of the book “Dreams and Reality” was published. Benedykt Heydenkorn stressed that the author of the book, Aleksandra Ziolkowska, a young Polish writer, depicted the Polish immigrants in Canada in an interesting way, with a great talent, but also in a very objective way. He remarked that she didn’t want to prove anything, she only wanted to share all kinds of stories of people’s lives, their views on Canada and their views on the old country Poland. He stressed that she didn’t generalize anything. In the quarterly Ossolineum “Dzieje Najnowsze” ( 3-4 1988), Prof. Marek Drozdowski wrote that the stories are written with talent and understanding. He asserts that the reader can learn about the painful episodes that immigrants faced in establishing themselves and finding their own place in a new society in Canada. He liked the philosophy of immigration shown in one story about Irma, and he also liked the way Ziolkowska portrayed the Canadians Indians. Professor Marcin Kula , the well recognized historian at Warsaw University, wrote in the Krakow scientific magazine “Przeglad Polonijny” (NR 2, 1988 ) that the book “Dreams and Reality” teaches more about the problem of immigration than the scientific essays about that subject. The book gives material for reflection about the myth of a “gold Eldorado” that was so popular among the people leaving Poland. Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm:
"Twenty-to interviews with famous and not-so-famous
persons of Polish background (most of them living in America) by a prolific
writer wgo has been dubbed "a woman of success" by a reviewer
in the Paris "Kultura". The interviewers range from the generation
that fought in World War ll (Andrzej Pomian, Zofia Korbonska) to contemporary
middle-aged and young Poles who can be dubbed "persons of achievement".
Interesting fates and pleasant reading. The author's inveriable sympathetic
intrest in her subjects is a model to follow. As has been frequently noted
in reviews of her books, Ziolkowska-Boehm has a remarkable ability to
abstrain from hasty editorializing". Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm:
“A loosely-structured book on Melchior Wankowicz,
with many digressions concerning Polish social life in intelligentsia
circles before and after World War 2, by a close friend of Wankowicz who
herself is a prolific writer and is considered by some to be Wankowicz’s
artistic heir. Particularly interesting are the sections dealing with
Wankowicz’s relationship with “Kultura” and its editor.” |
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