Jenny Robertson

From Corsets to Communism

The Life and Times of Zofia Nalkowska

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Polish novelist Zofia Nalkowska was witness to two world wars and Poland's struggle for independence. Her most renowned work, 'Medallions', is considered a masterpiece of anti-fascist world literature. This is her only biography in the English language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scotland Street Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781910895320
• ISBN-10: 1910895326
• Artikelnr.: 55649685

Autorenporträt

Jenny Robertson studied Polish at Glasgow University and spent a post-graduate year in Warsaw where she continued her exploration of Polish life and culture. Ghetto, a collection of poems (Lion Publishing 1989), was shortlisted for a prize and read in the Edinburgh Book Festival. Jenny pursued the theme of the Warsaw Ghetto in Don't go to Uncle's Wedding (Azure/SPCK 2000). She writes for the Holocaust journal, PRISM (Azrieli Institute NY). Jenny has presented a paper on Nalkowska at the London School of Slavonic Studies. She is a member of Zielony Balonik, a Polish-Scottish group devoted to contemporary Polish literature. She has given readings in Russia, Poland, Ukraine and Portugal as well as in Scotland.