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Katarzyna Krenz

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Nationality
  
Polish

Spouse
  
Role
  
Writer


Name
  
Katarzyna Krenz

Genre
  
Fiction

Education
  
University of Gdansk

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Occupation
  
novelist, poet, painter

Children
  
Marianna Lorenc, Michal Krenz

Katarzyna Krenz (born 24 January 1953 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish writer, poet and painter.

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Biography

Krenz is best known as the author of the novels W ogrodzie Mirandy (In Miranda’s Garden), Lekcja tańca (Dance Lesson), Krolowa pszczół (The Queen of Bees) and Księżyc myśliwych (Moon Hunters). A graduate from the University of Gdańsk, she is a poet, journalist and literary translator, as well as a watercolour painter. Her works have been published worldwide. Among her translations are the works of Amos Oz, John Updike and Richard Russo. From 2005 to 2014 she has lived with her husband Jacek Krenz in Portugal.

Literary awards

  • 2010 - I prize in XXII National Meetings of Literary Generations (Ogólnopolskie Literackie Spotkania Pokoleń). Kruszwica
  • 1998 - Honorary mention in Literary Competition of Stefan Flukowski in Szczecin.
  • References

    Katarzyna Krenz Wikipedia