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Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm

Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm Ph.D in humanities from Warsaw University was born and educated in Poland, began her writing career as an assistant to Melchior Wankowicz, a prominent Polish writer. His status in Poland might be compared to that of Ernest Hemingway in the English-speaking world. For her help and research with his latest book Wankowicz not only dedicated his last book to her but also bequeathed her his archives.

Aleksandra is the author of many books, some of them bestsellers in Poland, five of her books had two or three editions. One was chosen as the book of the week, the other was awarded the best book of 2006 by the Polish Writers Union Abroad in London.
Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm is recipient of numerous literary awards, scholarships or fellowships.
Awarded a fellowship in Literature – Creative Nonfiction discipline by the Delaware
Division of the Arts in 2006, a Fulbright scholar in 2006-2007.

Ziolkowska-Boehm is a member of the Society of Polish Writers (SPP), Warsaw, the PEN American Center, New York, Fulbright Association (Washington, DC), ZAIKS (Society of Artists, Warsaw), Kosciuszko Foundation (New York), Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (New York), Union of Polish Writers Abroad (London), Polish American Historical Association (Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT), Józef Piłsudski Institute of America (New York), Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia.

She resides in Wilmington, Delaware.
Her works have included historical biographies and autobiographical stories of her peripatetic life.
Since April 1990, she has lived permanently in Delaware. She is married to Norman Boehm and has one son Thomas Tomczyk (publisher, managing editor and editorialist PÄYÄ Magazine).

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Born 15 April 1949

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    First published in 1975 — 6 editions
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Born 15 April 1949

Subjects

Biography, Polish people, Poles, History, Indians of North America, Polish Americans, Human-animal relationships, Interviews, Legislators, Polish Authors, Polish Canadians, World War, 1939-1945, Cats, Cats, anecdotes, Poland, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Warsaw Rising 1944, Anecdotes, Animal behavior, Anna M. Cienciala, Arab Horses, Arabian Horses, Armenians, Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

Places

Poland, Warsaw, Canada, Texas, Delaware, Houston, Toronto, United States, Wilmington, Charkow, Katyn, Krasnica, London, Montreal, Opoczno, Pine Ridge Reservation, Podole, South Dakota, Warszawa, Auschwitz, Copenhagen, Crazy Horse Memorial, Dallas, Dallas (Tex.), Egipt

People

Crazy Horse, Melchior Wańkowicz (1891-1974), Rod Trahan, Thomas Tomczyk, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Aleksandra Ziolkowska, Andrzej Bobkowski, Audrey Ronning Topping, Cleveland Amory, Gandhi Mahatma (1869-1948), Gavin Maxwell, Henryk Dobrzański (1896-1940), Hubal, Jesse Flis, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Joy Adamson, Kinkie Friedman, Korczak Ziolkowski, Marion Andre, Marlon Brando, Melchior Wankowicz, Rex Alan Smith, Stanley Haidasz, Stanley Haidasz (1923-), Tadeusz Brzezinski

Time

20th century, 1998-2010, Occupation, 1939-1945, Poland, 1900-2010, 1944, 1949 -1993, 1972-1974 Warsaw, 1982-1974, Battle of Monte Cassino, Canada 1923-2009, Polish literature, Uprising, 1944, WWII, Warsaw Rising 1944, Warsaw Uprising 1944

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Alternative names

  • Aleksandra Ziółkowska
  • Aleksandra Ziolkowska
  • Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm
  • Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm

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