Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm

Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm

Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Born (1949-04-15)15 April 1949
Łódź, Poland
Occupation Writer, editor, essayist
Nationality Polish
Genre History, reportage, biographies

Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm, or Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm (born 15 April 1949, Łódź, Poland), is a Polish-born U.S.-based writer and academic. She obtained her Ph.D in Humanistic studies at the Warsaw University. Her works have included historical biographies, memoirs, autobiographical stories, the current outlook of Native Americans.

Biography

Ziółkowska-Boehm is the daughter of Henryk Ziółkowski (1916–1992) and Antonina (née Laśkiewicz; 1922–2009). She has two brothers, Henryk (born 1946) and Krzysztof (born 1950).

She attended the V Liceum ogólnokształcące im. W.Reymonta in her native Łódź. After this she studied five years of Polish language and literature at the University of Łódź. After her Masters degree, she completed a Ph.D in humanistic studies in Warsaw University. As a university student, she published her short stories and articles in Łódź and Warsaw newspapers and periodicals. She began her writing career as an assistant to Melchior Wańkowicz, a prominent Polish writer.[1] For her help and research with his latest book, Wańkowicz dedicated that book to her, and in his will, he bequeathed all his archives to her. She created the scenario for 2 Korpus w piosenkach Ref-Rena, a musical, for Warsaw TV in 1991. She appeared in four documentaries dedicated to: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Stanley Haidasz, Melchior Wańkowicz, and her own uncle Korczak Ziółkowski. From 1981-83, she resided in Toronto, Canada as the recipient of three writing scholarships. Since April 1990, she has lived permanently in the United States, in Wilmington, Delaware, spending nine years in Texas (Houston and Dallas). Her works include historical biographies,[2] and autobiographical stories of her travels.[3]

Personal life

She has son Thomas Tomczyk, journalist, photographer, architect, founder of Bay Islands Voice and Motmot Magazine, author Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean, ISBN 0-9829714-0-0. Since 1990 she has been married to Norman Boehm (now retiree of the Arabian American Oil Company and Exxon Mobil Corporation), cousin of Ingrid Bergman [4]

Education and professional memberships

Affiliations

Ziolkowska-Boehm is a member of a number of professional associations in Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States, including:

Awards

She is a recipient of numerous literary awards and scholarships:

Works

In Poland:

In CANADA:

In USA:

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References

  1. Prof. Charles S. Kraszewski, King’s College, Pennsylvania, [http://www.zppno.com/files/Recenzja%20THE%20POLISH%20REVIEW[1].pdf Review / Recenzja: Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm, Na tropach Wańkowicza] (PDF file, direct download) at THE POLISH REVIEW, New York, No 2, 2010, pp. 249-254.
  2. Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm at Worldcat.org
  3. Dr Christoph Mick, review of Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm.
  4. 1 2 https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780761861508
  5. Regina Wasiak-Taylor, Dzieje nagrody literackiej 1951-2011, London 2011, ISBN 978-0957037205.
  6. https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8567414707042860431#editor/target=post;postID=5873107347368601833;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=postname
  7. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17078187W/SENATOR_STANLEY_HAIDASZ_A_STATESMAN_FOR_ALL_CANADIANS
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8691359W/Open_Wounds_-_A_Native_American_Heritage
  9. https://nemsi-books.com/?page_id=277
  10. http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/titles/format/9781557535542
  11. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16466831W/Kaia_heroine_of_the_1944_Warsaw_Rising
  12. https://www.rowman.com/ISBN/978-0-7391-7270-4
  13. http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/1398
  14. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/114/114okeeff.pdf
  15. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16804700W/The_Polish_Experience_through_World_War_II_A_Better_Day_Has_Not_Come
  16. https://rowman.com/ISBN/978-0-7391-7819-5
  17. https://rowman.com/isbn/9780739175903
  18. http://aleksandraziolkowskaboehm.blogspot.com/2013/06/melchior-wankowicz-polands-master-of.html
  19. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16811851W/Polish_Hero_Roman_Rodziewicz_Fate_of_a_Hubal_Soldier_in_Auschwitz_Buchenwald_and_Postwar_England
  20. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739185353
  21. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16809432W/Ingrid_Bergman_and_Her_American_Relatives
  22. https://rowman.com/ISBN/978-0-7618-6569-8
  23. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25675471M/Love_for_Family_Friends_and_Books

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