Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm

Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm

Aleksandra Ziółkowska Boehm (born 1949), Ph.D in humanities from Warsaw University, is a member of PEN American Center (New York, Fulbright Association (Washington, DC), SPP (Society of Polish Writers, Warsaw) and ZAIKS (Society of Artists, Warsaw). She resides in Wilmington, Delaware.

Her books include: "Blisko Wankowicza" ("Near Wankowicz"; she served as personal assistant to writer Melchior Wankowicz from 1972–1974, and on his death he willed her his archives), "Moje i zasłyszane" (Mine and Overheard Stories), "Kanada, Kanada..." (Dreams and Reality), "Amerykanie z wyboru" (Americans by Choice), "Ulica Żółwiego Strumienia" (Turtle Creek Boulevard), "Podróże z moją kotką" (Travels with my Cat), "Kaja od Radosława, czyli historia Hubalowego Krzyża" (Kaia, the Protector of the Hubal Cross). In December 2007, awarded the best book for 2006 by the Union of Polish Writers Abroad (London), "Otwarta rana Ameryki" (Open Wound of America). Her latest book "A Polish Partisan’s Story" is scheduled to be published in the U.S.A. by the Military History Press.

In 2002, she was awarded the Gold Lexicon by Ksiaznica Pomorska in Szczecin, and in 2006, she received the Delaware Division of the Arts’ award in the Literature-Creative Nonfiction discipline. Fulbright scholar at Warsaw University 2006-2007. She is married to Norman Boehm and has one son Thomas Tomczyk (publisher, managing editor and editorialist "Bay Islands Voice").

Sources

*Who is Who in Polish America, New York 1996;
*International Authors and Writers Who’s Who, Cambridge, England 1999-2000;
*Marquis Who’s Who in the East, New Providence, NJ, 1998 (USA, since 27th edition);
*Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2000, New Providence, NJ. (USA, since 17th edition);
*Marquis Who’s Who in America, New Providence, NJ (USA since 54th edition);
*Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, New Providence, NJ (USA, since 22nd edition);

External links

* http://www.pen.org/MemberProfile.php/prmProfileID/19333
* http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/1025/prmID/1387
* http://www.artsdel.org/information/iafrecipients/ziolkowska-boehm.shtml
* http://sppwarszawa.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129
* http://www.aleksandraziolkowskaboehm.radiocourier.com
* http://www.radiocourier.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=396&Itemid=177
* http://www.bayislandsvoice.com/


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