Joanna Siedlecka


Joanna Siedlecka is a Polish writer, reporter, journalist, member of the Polish Writers Association, and the author of 10 books, 4 collections of essays and 6 biographies, notably, about the lives of writers: Witold Gombrowicz, Witkacy, and Jerzy Kosiński. Siedlecka is a lecturer at M. Wańkowicz College in Warsaw.
In her biography entitled The Ugly Black Bird, Siedlecka "contradicts the sanctioned version of Kosiński's life under the German occupation, which has generally been assumed to be only thinly disguised in his classic first novel The Painted Bird."

Works

Collections of Reportage

Stypa Poprawiny Parszywa sytuacja
  • ''Jaworowe dzieci''

Biographies by Joanna Siedlecka

Jaśnie Panicz, about Witold GombrowiczMahatma Witkac, about WitkacyCzarny ptasior, about Jerzy Kosiński; translated to English as The Ugly Black Bird Wypominki, Pan od poezji, about Zbigniew HerbertWypominków ciąg dalszy,

Awards

  • "Ksawery Pruszyński’s Prince of Reportage"
  • "Polish Writers Association Award"
  • "Leszek Prorok Award for Literature"
  • "Warsaw Literary Premiere Award" for books Jaśnie Panicz and Pan od poezji.