Katarzyna Krenz

Katarzyna Krenz
Born	(1953-01-24) 24 January 1953 Gdańsk, Poland
Occupation	Novelist, poet, painter
Nationality	Polish
Genre	Fiction
Spouse	Jacek Krenz
Children	Marianna Lorenc, Michal Krenz
Website
www.pg.gda.pl/~jkrenz/kas_gb.html

Katarzyna Krenz (born 24 January 1953 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish writer, poet and painter.

Biography

Krenz is best known as the author of the novels W ogrodzie Mirandy (In Miranda's Garden), Lekcja tańca (Dance Lesson), Krolowa pszczół (The Queen of Bees) and Księżyc myśliwych (Moon Hunters). A graduate from the University of Gdańsk, she is a poet, journalist and literary translator, as well as a watercolour painter. Her works have been published worldwide. Among her translations are the works of Amos Oz, John Updike and Richard Russo. From 2005 to 2014 she has lived with her husband Jacek Krenz in Portugal.

Literary awards

• 2010 – I prize in XXII National Meetings of Literary Generations (Ogólnopolskie Literackie Spotkania Pokoleń). Kruszwica
• 1998 – Honorary mention in Literary Competition of Stefan Flukowski in Szczecin.

Works

Novels

• Krenz K., Bielak J. Księżyc myśliwych. ZNAK Cracow ISBN 978-83-2404046-9 (2015)
• Królowa pszczół, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Cracow ISBN 978-83-08-04700-2 (2011)
• Lekcja tańca, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków ISBN 978-83-08-04338-7 (2009)
• Kropla ochry, dwie krople pamięci.
• W ogrodzie Mirandy, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Cracow , ISBN 978-83-08-04161-1 (2008)

Poetry

• Poezine 01-06 Quincunx i kostka domino, artbook, Ogarnij Miasto Sp. z o.o. Gdańsk, ISBN 978-83-946395-5-6 (2018)
• Watermarks. poetry & watercolours., Kasia Krenz & Jacek Krenz, ISBN 972-8790-50-3
  • Museu de Lanifícios. Covilha, Portugal (2006)
  • Old Market House Arts Centre. Dungarvan, Ireland (2006)
• Szukam cię, morze, ISBN 83-922169-2-X Gdańsk/Łeba (2005)
• Katarzyna Krenz, Czesław Tumielewicz, Seaside Evening / Wieczór nad morzem, Gdańsk-Łeba ISBN 83-922169-1-1 (2005)
• Kartki z podróży do Łeby (with Ewa Marią Slaska) Gdańsk ISBN 83-88487-87-6 (2001)
• Z nieznajomą w podróży. Tower Press, Gdańsk ISBN 83-87342-22-X (2000)
• La Tour, Degnodiverso, Torino, Italy (1999)

Non-fiction

• The Eye of Abstraction. World in the Paintings of Professor Tadeusz Kielanowski / Oko abstrakcji. Świat w obrazach Profesora Tadeusza Kielanowskiego. Domena, Warsaw, ISBN 978-83-938166-8-2 (2020)

External links

• Ksieżyc Myśliwych