Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm
Author, journalist
Born Apr. 15, 1949, Lodz, Poland; came to U.S., 1990; daughter of Henryk and Antonina (Laskiewicz); married C. Norman Boehm, Jr.; child: Thomas.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Lodz, 1973; Ph.D., University of Warsaw (Poland), 1979; University of Toronto (Canada), 1981-82.
Career: researcher and assistant to Melchior Wankowicz, Warsaw, 1972-74; editor, producer, Drama Section, Polish TV, Warsaw, 1977-81; free-lance writer and journalist, Canada, Poland, United States, 1981 -.
Author, i.a.: Blisko Wankowicza, 1975; Z miejsca na miejsce, 1980; Senator Haidasz, 1984; Dreams and Reality, 1984; Kanada, Kanada..., 1986; Diecezja Lodzka i jej biskupi, 1987; Moje i zaslyszane, 1988; Kanadyjski senator, 1989; Na tropach Wankowicza, 1989; Proces Melchiora Wankowicza 1964 roku, 1990; Nie tylko Ameryka, and Korzenie sa polskie, 1992; Ulica Zolwiego Strumienia, 1995; numerous short stories, articles and reviews in Polish journals (Poland, Canada, United States, France, Germany).
Member of: Union of Artists and Art Critics - ZAIKS; Polish Authors Association - Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (SPP); Polish Journalists Association - Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Polskich (SDP); Union of Polish Authors Abroad; Kosciuszko Foundation, Polish Institute of Arts and Science of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: scholarships, Oxford Language Center (United Kingdom), 1976, Canadian - Polish Research Institute, 1981, A. Mickiewicz Foundation (Canada), 1982, Canadian Ministry of Culture, 1983, Institute of International Education, Washington (DC), 1985, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1990.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.
Hobbies: travel, photography, bird watching.
Home: 13 Servan Court, Parkway West, Wilmington, DE 19805.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.
Ziolkowski-Boehm, Aleksandra -- writer
Author, Doctor of Humanities, member of ZAIKS, Warsaw Writers' Association, American PEN Club, Union of Writers Abroad (London), Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences (PIASA) and The Kosciuszko Foundation. Author of many books, among them: "Blisko Wankowicza" [Near Wankowicz], "Na tropach wankowicza" [On the Trail of Wankowicz], "Dreams and Reality," "Z miejsca na miejsca" [From Place to Place], "Moje i zaslyszane" [Mine and What I Have Heard], "Kanada, Kanada" [Canada, Canada], "Ulica Zolwiego Strumienia" [Turtle Creek Street], "Amerykanie z wyboru" [Americans by Choice], (fragments of the last three books appeared in the German language].
Prepared and published "Correspondence of Jerzy Giedroyc with Melchior Wankowicz." Recently she came out with "Podroze z moja kotka" [Travels with my cat]. In preparation are: "The Roots are Polish." She cooperates with the Sarmatian Review (Houston, Texas), Periphery (Orchard Lake, Michigan), Odra (Wroclaw), Arkusz (Poznan) and Polityka (Warsaw). In 2001 she received the Golden Ex-libris Award from the Szczecin Library.
From: TERAZ, October 2004