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Katarzyna Krenz

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Katarzyna Krenz
Born24 January 1953
Gdańsk
Occupationnovelist, poet, painter
NationalityPolish
GenreFiction
SpouseJacek Krenz
ChildrenMarianna 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.(Hunters Moon). 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