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Katarzyna Krenz

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Katarzyna Krenz
Born (1953-01-24) 24 January 1953 (age 71)
Gdańsk, Poland
OccupationNovelist, poet, painter
NationalityPolish
GenreFiction
SpouseJacek Krenz
ChildrenMarianna Lorenc, Michal Krenz

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

Biography

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Krenz was born on 24 January 1953 in Gdańsk, Poland. She 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).[1] 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

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  • 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

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Novels

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  • Krenz K., Bielak J. Księżyc myśliwych. ZNAK Kraków ISBN 978-83-240-4046-9 (2015)
  • Królowa pszczół, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 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, Kraków, ISBN 978-83-08-04161-1 (2008)

Poetry

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Non-fiction

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  • Marcus de la Poer Beresford and Katarzyna Krenz. From Napoleon to the Nazis: The Mysterious Story of Marshal Beresford’s Silver / Od Napoleona do nazistów: Tajemnicza historia sreber marszałka Beresforda. ISBN 978-1-7391497-1-0 Dungarvan, Co. Waterford (2023)
  • 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)

References

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  1. ^ Doroszkiewicz, Jerzy (12 October 2015). "Katarzyna Krenz, Julita Bielak – Księżyc myśliwych". Poranny.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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