Anna Frajlich (Frajlich-Zajac)
Slavic languages educator, poet, author
Born Poland; came to U.S., 1970.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1965; Ph.D., New York University, New York City, 1991.
Career: associate editor, magazine for the blind, Warsaw (Poland), 1965-69; instructor (Polish language), State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, 1970-71; in New York City - research assistant, Epidemiology Department, Kimbell Research Institute, 1971-75, instructor (Polish language), New York University (NYU), 1977, free lance writer, interviewer, Radio Free Europe, 1977-81, lecturer to adjunct assistant prof., Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University, 1982 -.
Author: 8 books of poetry, Aby wiatr namalowac, 1976, Tylko ziemia, 1979, Indian Summer, 1982, Ktory las, 1986, Drzewo za oknem, 1990, Between Dawn and the Wind, 1991, Ogrodem i ogrodzeniem, 1993, Jeszcze w drodze, 1994; poems in anthologies, Introduction to Modern Polish Literature, Columbus Names the FIowers, Od Staffa do Wojaczka; contributor to: Wiadomosci (United Kingdom), Archipelag (Germany), Kultura (France), Akcent, Wiez, Dekada Literacka, Tygodnik Powszechny (Poland), Nowy Dziennik - Przeglad Polski, Tygodnik Nowojorski.
Member of: executive board member, International PEN-Club Writers in Exile; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).
Honors: Koscielski's Foundation Award, Switzerland, 1981; Kennan Institute research grant, Washington (DC), 1989.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Home: 345 E. 81st St., New York, NY 10028.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996