Katarzyna Kubisiowska | |
|---|---|
 Katarzyna Kubisiowska, 2019 | |
| Born | 30 May 1971 [1] |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer |
Katarzyna Maria Kubisiowska (born 30 May 1971) is a Polish journalist and non-fiction writer, activist of the opposition in the Polish People's Republic, member of the editorial board of Tygodnik Powszechny .
She is the daughter of Edward Kubisiowski and Anna née Kobiela; the younger sister of Piotr (born 1965). [2] [3] [4] She has two children: Tadek and Hanka. [5]
She passed her matura examination at August Witkowski 5th High School in Kraków. In the 1980s she was an activist of the Federation of Fighting Youth. [1] In 1995, she graduated with a degree in film studies from the Jagiellonian University. She defended her master's thesis, The Motif of the House in Roman Polański's Films, written under the supervision of Tadeusz Lubelski. [6] [7]
She wrote, among others, biographies of Jerzy Pilch (Pilch w sensie ścisłym, 2016), [8] [9] Danuta Szaflarska (Szaflarska. Grać, aby żyć, 2019), [10] Jerzy Vetulani (Vetulani. Piękny umysł, dzikie serce, 2022) [11] and Kora (Kora. Się żyje, 2023), as well as two book interviews with Wojciech Mann (2020, 2024).
In 2015 she was a finalist of the Barbara Łopieńska Award for the interview with Jerzy Pilch published in Tygodnik Powszechny . [12] [13] Also in 2015 she received nomination for the Grand Press Award in the “Interview” category for the interview with Jerzy Pilch published in Gazeta Wyborcza . [14] [15] In 2019 she earned another Grand Press nomination in the “Interview” category for the interview with Andrzej Barański published in Tygodnik Powszechny. [16] [17] In 2013 and 2018 she earned nominations for the Małopolska Journalists' Award. [18]
In 2022 she received Cross of Freedom and Solidarity. [19]
