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Ewa Smolko-Azarjew

Journalist, teacher

Born Mar. 4, 1949, Gizycko, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; daughter Konstanty and Janina (Polonska); married Andrzej Azarjew; child: Daria.

Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1972.

Career: journalist, Wroclawski Tygodnik Katolikow, Tygodnik Kulturalny, Zyjmy Dluzej, Zycie i Mysl, Slowo Powszechne, 1972-78; Defence Language Institute, Monterey (CA), 1983-84; editor, Polish Daily Zgoda, Chicago (IL), 1985-86; free-lance journalist, Dziennik Zwiazkowy, A'Propos, Gwiazda Polarna, 1986 -; public school teacher, Dirksen Elementary School, Chicago. 1991 -.

Author: numerous lectures, articles, reviews in journals and magazines.

Member of: Polish Academicians Society.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian.

Hobbies: music, theater, world of animals.

Office: Dirksen Elementary School, 8601 West Foster Avenue, Chicago, IL 60656.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.

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