Regina Gelb (Laks)
Translator, author
Born Dec. 16, 1929, Starachowice, Poland; came to U.S., 1947; daughter of Isaac and Pauline (Tenenblum); married Victor Gelb; children: Harry, Paul.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Indiana University, Bloomington, 1953; New School for Social Research, 1962-65, Barnard College, 1966, Columbia University, 1983, New York City.
Career: instructor, Indiana University, 1951-53; free-lance translator, New York City, 1953 -.
Author: reviews of books and films, profile of J. Korczak, essays on Polish literature, 1983-91; S. I. Witkiewicz's plays translator, The Shoemakers, 1984, and Assassination, 1991; Fryderyk Chopin: Pianist from Warsaw (biography), 1987; Lodz Ghetto (documentary film, 1989, and complementary book, 1990); children's book, Kajtus the Magician, and excerpts of other Korczak's writings, 1990
Member of: American Translators Association; New York Circle of Translators; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.)
Languages: Polish, English, German
Hobbies: reading, theater, opera
Home: 900 W. 190th St., New York, NY 10040
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996