Karolina Lewestam | |
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| Born | October 20, 1979 |
| Occupation(s) | publicist, philosopher, lecturer |
| Children | 3 |
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| Education | |
| Thesis | The Hare and the Tortoise: Problems with the Notion of Action in Ethics (2012) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allen Speight |
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| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Website | lewestam |
Karolina Aldona Lewestam (born October 20,1979) is a Polish philosopher,children's book author,and member of the editorial board of the magazine Pismo.
Lewestam was born on October 20,1979. [1] She was an only child,and has described her early childhood as lonely. She became interested in reading from a young age. [2]
Lewestam graduated from the University of Warsaw with a Bachelor's degree in sociology and a Master's degree in philosophy as part of the Interdisciplinary Individual Humanities Studies (1998–2004). She was a holder of the Minister of National Education scholarship three times. In 2002–2003 she studied at Bard College Berlin in Berlin,Germany. [3] From 2006–2013 she studied at Boston University in Boston,Massachusetts,U.S. [4] where in 2014 she defended her thesis,written under the supervision of Allen Speight,PhD in ethics, The Hare and the Tortoise:Problems with the Notion of Action in Ethics. [5] [6]
Lewestam worked as an assistant at the University of Warsaw (2004–2006) and at Boston University (2008–2011). [4] She was a member of the Board of Trustees [7] [8] and a lecturer (2002–2004) at Collegium Invisibile. She taught at a secondary school in Warsaw in 2002. [4]
She worked as a copywriter for 4fun.tv (2004),and for Telewizja Polska as editor of "The Summa of Events" (2004–2005),and at an advertising agency (2004–2006). [4] She was also associated with PAFF and UW School of Education. [9] She has published columns in the monthly publications Pismo, [10] Dziennik Gazeta Prawna , [11] and Gazeta Wyborcza . [12] [13]
She was awarded the Polish Academy of Sciences award for the best essay in 1997. [4] She was nominated five times for the Grand Press award in the journalism category (2015, [14] 2016, [15] 2017, [16] 2018, [17] 2020 [18] ).
Her 2021 book,Mała księżniczka (The Little Princess),is a reinterpretation of the 1943 novella The Little Prince ;changes include the introduction of a female protgonist and having Amelia Earhart be the book's narrator. [19]
Her book,Dragon Shepherds,was awarded the EMPiK Discovery 2022. [20]
Her 2023 novel Silla,and its 2024 sequel,Strażniczka perły,are fantasy novels set in the arctic. [2] [21] Lewestam received the 2024 Hestia Literary Journey Award for Silla. [22] [2]
Lewestam has three children. [23] Following the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022,Lewestam and her husband hosted some displaced Ukrainians in their home. [24] She is a feminist. [25]
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