Joanna Siedlecka

Joanna Siedlecka (born February 24, 1949 in Białystok, Poland) is a writer, reporter, journalist, member of the Polish Writers Association (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich), and the author of 10 books, 4 collections of essays and 6 biographies, notably, about the lives of writers: Gombrowicz, Witkacy, and Kosiński. Siedlecka is a lecturer at M. Wańkowicz College in Warsaw.

Contents

• Joanna siedlecka o mistyfikacjach i o prawdziwym yciu jerzego kosi skiego
• Joanna siedlecka o ksi ce mahatma witkac
• Collections of Reportage
• Biographies by Joanna Siedlecka
• Awards
• References

In her biography entitled Czarny ptasior Joanna Siedlecka "contradicts the sanctioned version of Kosiński's life under the German occupation, which has generally been assumed to be only thinly disguised in his classic first novel The Painted Bird." (from an essay: "Writers Who Lie" by HNN)

Collections of Reportage

Stypa (1981)

Poprawiny (1984)

Parszywa sytuacja (1984)

Jaworowe dzieci (1991)

Biographies by Joanna Siedlecka

Jaśnie Panicz (1987) ISBN 83-08-01587-5, about Witold Gombrowicz

Mahatma Witkac (1992) ISBN 83-900182-2-5, about Witkacy

Czarny ptasior (1993) ISBN 83-85458-04-2, about Jerzy Kosiński

Wypominki (1996), ISBN 83-86788-14-3

Pan od poezji (2002) ISBN 83-7337-175-3, about Zbigniew Herbert

Wypominków ciąg dalszy, ISBN 83-207-1637-3

Awards

"Ksawery Pruszyński’s Prince of Reportage" (1976)

"Polish Writers Association Award" (1978, 1980)

"Leszek Prorok Award for Literature" (2000)

"Warsaw Literary Premiere Award" (twice) for books Jaśnie Panicz and Pan od poezji.