Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm

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Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 15 April 1949) is a Polish-born United States–based writer and academic. She obtained her Ph.D. in humanistic studies at the Warsaw University. Her works include historical biographies,[1][2] the current outlook of Native Americans, autobiographical stories of her travels, Ingrid Bergman (a relative of Ziółkowska-Boehm's husband, Norman Boehm), and cats.

Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm
Born (1949-04-15) 15 April 1949 (age 75)
Łódź, Poland
OccupationWriter, editor, essayist, historian, biographer
NationalityPolish

Biography

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Ziółkowska-Boehm is the daughter Henryk Ziółkowski (1916–1992) and Antonina (née Laśkiewicz; 1922–2009). She has two brothers, Henryk (born 1946) and Krzysztof (born 1950).

She attended the V Liceum ogólnokształcące im. W. Reymonta in her native Łódź. After this she studied five years of Polish language and literature at the University of Łódź. After her master's degree, she completed a Ph.D in humanistic studies in Warsaw University. As a university student, she published her short stories and articles in Łódź and Warsaw newspapers and periodicals. She began her writing career as an assistant to Melchior Wańkowicz, a prominent Polish writer.[3] For her help and research with his latest book, Wańkowicz dedicated that book to her, and in his will, he bequeathed all his archives to her.[citation needed]

From 1977–81, she was a member of the Repertoire of the Polish Television Theater. She created the scenario for 2 Korpus w piosenkach Ref-Rena, a musical, for Warsaw TV in 1991. She appeared in four documentaries dedicated to: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Stanley Haidasz, Melchior Wańkowicz, and her own uncle, Korczak Ziółkowski. From 1989, she resided in Toronto, Canada as the recipient of three writing scholarships. Since April 1990, Ziółkowska-Boehm has lived permanently in the United States, in Wilmington, Delaware, spending nine years in Texas (Houston and Dallas).

Personal life

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From 1990 until his death in 2016, she was married to Norman Boehm.[4]

Ziółkowska-Boehm has one son, Thomas Tomczyk, who is a journalist, photographer, and architect. He founded Bay Islands Voice, Motmot Magazine, and PAYA Magazine, and is the author of Roatan Magic Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean (ISBN 978-098297-140-6).[5]

Education and professional memberships

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Affiliations

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Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm is a member of a number of professional associations in Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States, including:

Awards

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  • Oxford Language Center in England (1975)
  • Canadian Polish Research Institute (1982)
  • Adam Mickiewicz Foundation (Toronto, 1983)
  • Ministry of Culture (Ontario) (1983)
  • Institute of International Education in Washington, D.C. (1985)
  • The Kosciuszko Foundation (NYC; 1990)
  • Recipient Kontrasty award (Warsaw-Białystok, 1980)
  • Zloty Exlibris award, Książnica Pomorska, Szczecin (2001)
  • The Union of Polish Writers Abroad, London award (2007)
  • Fellowship in literature by the Delaware Division of Arts ("for Artistic Excellence in Creative Nonfiction"; 2006)
  • Fulbright scholarship (2006–07), and award (2008)
  • Ignacy Paderewski medal by the Polish Army Veterans Association of America (2014)
  • Gold Cross of Merit (20 June 2014)
  • Gold Award by the Polish Booksellers Association (Warsaw, 20 October 2014)
  • Skalny Civic Achievement Award, The Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut (2014)[6]
  • Honorary citizenship of the Gmina Sławno, Łódź Voivodeship (2014)
  • Gloria Artis award (Warsaw, 2015)
  • Turzanski Foundation Literary Award, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2015)
  • Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia Award ("in recognition for outstanding literary achievements"; 2018)
  • Polish Armenian Culture and Heritage Foundation - Expressions of Recognition and Admiration (Warsaw, 2019)
  • Witness to History/Świadek Historii award ("in recognition of the special merits in commemorating the History of the Polish Nation"; IPN-Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw, 2019)
  • Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who (2020)[7]
  • Outstanding Pole Abroad Award (New York 2020; Pangea Network USA, Polish Promotional Emblem Foundation "Teraz Polska")
  • Title of "VIP Alumni of University of Łódź", 2021
  • Title of Honorary Member of the "Major Hubal Family" Association ("For the author of many books about the fate of soldiers of the Polish Army Major" Hubal, including about Romuald Rodziewicz"), 2022
  • Janusz Kurtyka Award (for books promoting Polish History; 2022)

Works

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In Poland:


In CANADA:

In USA:

References

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  1. ^ "Results for 'aleksandra ziolkowska-boehm' [WorldCat.org]". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ^ Dr Christoph Mick, review of Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising by Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm.
  3. ^ Prof. Charles S. Kraszewski, King’s College, Pennsylvania, Review / Recenzja: Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm, Na tropach Wańkowicza (PDF file, direct download) at THE POLISH REVIEW, New York, No 2, 2010, pp. 249-254.
  4. ^ From-a-Small-Town-to-the-Big-World. December 2016. ISBN 978-0-7618-6877-4.
  5. ^ Tomczyk, Thomas (21 January 2018). "ROATAN MAGIC: Hidden Jewel of the Western Caribbean". Bay Islands Voice – via The Open Library.
  6. ^ "PAHA News: Amicus/Skalny". Pahanews.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who".
  8. ^ Regina Wasiak-Taylor, Dzieje nagrody literackiej 1951-2011, London 2011; ISBN 978-0957037205
  9. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (2017). "Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm: Jacek Siminski TAPESTRY OF POLISH LIVES".
  10. ^ "Blogger". Blogger.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  11. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (1 December 2014). "SENATOR STANLEY HAIDASZ: A STATESMAN FOR ALL CANADIANS". Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada. Montreal. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via The Open Library.
  12. ^ OpenLibrary.org. "Open Wounds - A Native American Heritage - Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Open Wounds – A Native American Heritage – Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm". Nemsi-books.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  14. ^ "On the Road with Suzy: From Cat to Companion - Purdue University Press". Thepress.purdue.edu. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Home Page". Purdue University Press. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  16. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (1 March 2012). "Kaia, heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising". Lexington Books. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via The Open Library.
  17. ^ "Kaia, Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising - Reviews in History". History.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  18. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (12 August 2015). "The Polish Experience through World War II A Better Day Has Not Come: A Better Day Has Not Come". Lexington Books. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via The Open Library.
  19. ^ Melchior Wankowicz: Poland's Master of the Written Word.
  20. ^ "Melchior Wańkowicz – Poland's Master of the Written Word". Cosmopolitanreview.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  21. ^ "MELCHIOR WANKOWICZ POLAND'S MASTER OF THE WRITTEN WORD". Open Library. 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  22. ^ Melchior-Wankowicz-Poland's-Master-of-the-Written-Word. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Openlibrary.org.
  23. ^ Ziolkowska-boehm, Aleksandra. "Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm: Melchior Wankowicz Poland's Master of the Written Word". Aleksandraziolkowskaboehm.blogspot.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  24. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (12 August 2017). "Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz: Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Postwar England". Lexington Books. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via The Open Library.
  25. ^ "Polish-Hero-Roman-Rodziewicz-Fate-of-a-Hubal-Soldier-in-Auschwitz-Buchenwald-and-Postwar-England". Rowman.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  26. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (12 August 2017). "Ingrid Bergman and Her American Relatives". Hamilton Books. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via The Open Library.
  27. ^ "Love-for-Family-Friends-and-Books". Rowman.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  28. ^ Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra (12 August 2017). Love for Family, Friends, and Books. Hamilton Books An Imprint of Rowman & Littlefiedl. OL 25675471M.
  29. ^ "Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm: UNTOLD STORIES OF POLISH HEROES FROM WORLD WAR II". 2017.

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