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Anna Frajlich
Portrait of Anna Frajlich in a black brimmed hat and a coat with a fur collar.
BornMarch 10, 1942
Katta Taldyk, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan
Occupation Poet, journalist, scholar, teacher
LanguagePolish
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Years active1958-
SpouseWładysław Zając (1965-present)
Children1
Website
www.annafrajlich.com

Anna Frajlich (born March 10, 1942, Katta Taldyk, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan), known also as Anna Frajlich-Zając, is a Polish-American poet and a Senior Lecturer Emerita at the Department of Slavic Languages and Associate Faculty Member, Harriman Institute at Columbia University in New York City, where she taught Polish language and literature for over three decades.

Biography:[edit]

Anna Frajlich was born to a Polish-Jewish family. The family was separated in 1941. The father, Psachie Frajlich, a technician, found himself in Lysva, in Perm Region, in USSR, while her mother, Amalia, ended up in Kyrgyzstan where Anna was born. The family was able to reunite in Lysva in 1943. After the end of the war of World War II, in 1946, the family returned to Poland and settled in Szczecin.

Anna Frajlich graduated from the University of Warsaw with the Master's degree in Polish literature. After the university she worked in the publications for visually impaired people. In 1968-1969, the Communist government in Poland engaged in an anti-Semitic campaign that spurred the last significant emigration wave of Polish Jews from the country. Frajlich, together with her husband, engineer Władysław Zając, and son, emigrated to the United States in 1969.

Her first teaching job in the US was at SUNY Stony Brook where she taught Polish language. In 1972-76 she worked at the New York Blood Center in the Department of Epidemiology. At that time she started contributing to the Polish émigré press in the United States and Europe. She was also a freelance contributor to the Radio Free Europe, Polish Section. Anna Frajlich was the first Polish journalist to interview Czesław Miłosz after he became the 1980 Nobel Prize winner in Literature.[1]

She started writing and publishing her poetry in 1958 in weekly literary supplements in Warsaw, Szczecin and Poznań. Her first book of poetry "Aby wiatr namalować/To paint the wind" was published in 1976 in England.

Her poetry in translation appeared in the USA in journals "Mr. Cogito", "Artful Dodge", "Poet Lore", "Terra Poetica" and others since early 1980s.

Frajlich studied at the Slavic Department of the New York University where she was awarded a PhD in Russian literature in 1991.

In 1982 she started teaching Polish language and then literature at the Columbia University where she worked until her retirement in 2016.

In 2007, she was named an Honorary Ambassador of Szczecin (Ambasador Szczecina).[2]

She has published numerous books of poetry, essays and articles. In 2022, the entire issue of the journal "The Polish Review" (2022, vol. 67, issue 1)[3] was dedicated to Anna Frajlich.

Frajlich and her family currently live in New York City.

Bibliography:[edit]

Selected books of poetry in Polish[edit]

  • Aby wiatr namalować. London, 1976. OCLC 297589968[4]
  • Tylko ziemia. London, 1979. OCLC 7353438[5]
  • Indian Summer. Albany, NY, 1982. OCLC 18225871[6][7]
  • Który las. London, 1986. OCLC 13345915[8]
  • Ogrodem i ogrodzeniem. Warszawa, 1993. OCLC 30711944[9]
  • Jeszcze w drodze : wybór wierszy. Warszawa, 1994. OCLC 750691613
  • W słońcu listopada. Kraków, 2000. OCLC 925575071
  • Znów szuka mnie wiatr. Warszawa, 2001. OCLC 751194775[10]
  • Łodzią jest i jest przystanią. Szczecin, 2013. OCLC 857918980
  • Aby wiatr namalować ; Tylko ziemia. Szczecin, 2016. OCLC 965931210
  • Indian Summer ; Który las. Szczecin, 2018. OCLC 1038436301
  • W pośpiechu rzeka płynie. Szczecin, 2020. OCLC 1192545464
  • Wiersze zebrane. t. 1, Przeszczep. Toronto, Szczecin, 2022. OCLC 1338056934
  • Wiersze zebrane. t. 2, Powroty. Toronto, Szczecin, 2022. OCLC 1338045584

Selected books of poetry in translation[edit]

  • Between dawn and the wind : selected poetry (in Eng.). Translated by Grol-Prokopczyk, Regina. Austin, TX: Host Publications. 1991. OCLC 612317540.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • Le Vent, à nouveau me cherche = Znów szuka mnie wiatr (in Fre. and Pol.). Translated by Carls, Alice-Catherine. Soisy-sur-Seine (Essonne): Editinter. 2003. ISBN 9782914227889. OCLC 401782302.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • Un Oceano tra di noi (in Ita. and Pol.). Translated by Wyrembelski, Marcin. Maddaloni, Italy: La Parlesia. 2018. ISBN 9788885710009. OCLC 1310147487.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • El tiempo no es un collar de perlas: poesía (in Spa. and Pol.). Translated by Bortkiewicz, Elżbieta. Zaragoza, Spain: Sibiriana Ediciones. 2021. ISBN 9788494871573. OCLC 1262507351.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • Ім'я батька (in Ukr.). Translated by Makhno, Vasil'. Ternopìl': Krok. 2021. ISBN 9786176926450. OCLC 1303143729.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Scholarly books[edit]

  • Legacy of Ancient Rome in the Russian Silver Age. Amsterdam, New York, 2007. OCLC 876580538

Selected books of prose and essays[edit]

Books edited by Frajlich[edit]

  • Between Lvov, New York and Ulysses' Ithaca: Józef Wittlin -- poet, essayist, novelist. Toruń, Poland, 2001. OCLC 469638441

Selected critical studies and reviews[edit]

  • Ligęza, Wojciech; Pasterska, Jolanta (2018). "Tu jestem / zamieszkuję własne życie" : studia o twórczości Anny Frajlich (in Polish). Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka. ISBN 9788376388731. OCLC 1036632627.
  • Stephan, Halina (2001). Życie w przekładzie : Barańczak, Frajlich, Głowacki, Grynberg, Hłasko, Hoffman, Holland, Karpowicz, Kosiński, Kott, Miłosz, Polański, Tyrmand (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 9788308031926. OCLC 50283147.
  • Adamczyk, Kazimierz (2008). Doświadczenia polsko-żydowskie w literaturze emigracyjnej (1939-1980) (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego WUJ. ISBN 9788323325802. OCLC 729930623.


Selected critical studies and reviews[edit]

Napierkowski, Harriet (1995). "Perceptions of Poland and America in the Poetry of Four Polish American Women Poets". Polish American Studies. 52 (1): 15–29. Retrieved 2022-09-01.

Stephan, Halina (2001). Życie w przekładzie: Barańczak, Frajlich, Głowacki, Grynberg, Hłasko, Hoffman, Holland, Karpowicz, Kosiński, Kott, Miłosz, Polański, Tyrmand (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 9788308031926. OCLC 50283147.

Filipowicz, Halina (2005). Polonistyka po amerykańsku: badania nad literaturą polską w Ameryce Północnej, 1990-2005 (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Badań Literackich. ISBN 9788389348531. OCLC 1015063494.

Adamczyk, Kazimierz (2008). Doświadczenia polsko-żydowskie w literaturze emigracyjnej (1939-1980) (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego WUJ. ISBN 9788323325802. OCLC 729930623.

Wróbel-Best, Jolanta (2013). "The Idea of God and Religion in the Poetry of Anna Frajlich". Religious and Sacred Poetry: An International Quarterly of Religion, Culture and Education (4 (4)): 187–208. Retrieved 2022-09-01.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Ligęza, Wojciech; Pasterska, Jolanta (2018). "Tu jestem / zamieszkuję własne życie" : studia o twórczości Anny Frajlich (in Polish). Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka. ISBN 9788376388731. OCLC 1036632627.

Tański, Paweł (2019). "Czas Anny Frajlich" (PDF). Tematy i konteksty (9(14)): 759–765. doi:10.15584/tik.2019.47 – via Repozytorium.

Meyer, Ronald (2021). Dr. Ronald Meyer, Special Issue, The Polish Review. The UPside: UIP Podcast Series (Podcast).

Awards:[edit]

  • Kościelski Foundation (Geneva) Literary Award, 1981
  • Knight’s Cross of Order of Merit, 2002
  • W. & N. Turzanski Foundation (Toronto) Literary Prize, 2003[11]
  • Honorary Ambassador of Szczecin (Ambasador Szczecina)
  • Union of Polish Writers in Exile (London) Literature Prize, 2015[12]
  • Wybitny Polak (Distinguished Pole in the United States), 2017 [13]
  • Jubilee Medal of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, 2020[14]
  • Szczecin University Medal, Poland, 2020 [15]
  • The Susanne Lotarski Distinguished Achievement Award, 2020 [16]
  • The Oscar Halecki Prize, 2021[17]
  • Wschodnia Fundacja Kultury Akcent, Lublin, Poland, 2022[18]

External links:[edit]

Anna Frajlich's website (English)
Anna Frajlich's page on the EPIC pages, Emeritus Professors of Columbia (English)
Frajlich's profile on Culture.pl (English)

References:[edit]

  1. ^ Haven, Cynthia, ed. (2006). Czeslaw Milosz: Conversations. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 12–23. ISBN 9781578068296.
  2. ^ "Pomeranica.pl". Pomeranica.pl. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  3. ^ "The Polish Review". The Polish Review. ISSN 0032-2970. Retrieved 2022-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Wygodzki, St. (1977-10-21). "Zwierzenia spisane wierszem". Nowiny Kurier. p. 8.
  5. ^ Maciuszko, J. J. (1981). "Tylko ziemia by Anna Frajlich". World Literature Today. 55 (1): 143–144 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ Śmieja, Florian (1985-01-18). "Związkowiec".
  7. ^ Peretz, Maya (1982-10-28). "Indian Summer Anny Frajlich". Nowy Dziennik/Przegląd Polski. p. 7.
  8. ^ Drabik, Grażyna (1986-05-08). "Na skraju cienia". Nowy Dziennik/Przegląd Polski,.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  9. ^ Cybulska, Maja Elżbieta (1994-04-09). "W moich oczach". Dziennik Polski. p. 9.
  10. ^ Borkowska, Grażyna (2001-12-08). "Z jakiego portu płyną do jakiego". Wysokie Obcasy. p. 37.
  11. ^ "W.&N. Turzański Foundation Award: Anna Frajlich-Zając". culture.pl. Retrieved 2022-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Personages" (PDF). NewsNet: News for the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies. 56 (1): 30. 2016.
  13. ^ "Wybitny Polak". Wybitny Polak. Retrieved 2022-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Anna Frajlich Awarded Jubilee Medal of John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin". harriman.columbia.edu. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2022-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Uniwersytet Szczeciński uhonorował Annę Frajlich". 24Kurier.pl. 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  16. ^ "PIASA (Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America) News". piasa.org. Retrieved 2022-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Polish American Historical Association Awards: Oscar Halecki Prize". Polish American Historical Association. Retrieved 2022-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Anna Frajlich Awarded Medal by the Akcent Cultural Foundation (Lublin)". harriman.columbia.edu. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-08-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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