Kinga Dunin

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Kinga Dunin
Kinga Dunin, Salon Ciekawej Ksiazki, Lodz December 2011.jpg
Kinga Dunin in 2011
Born (1954-04-25) 25 April 1954 (age 67)
NationalityPolish
Alma mater University of Łódź
Occupationwriter, feminist, sociologist
Political party Greens 2004
Parent(s)Janusz Dunin
Cecylia Dunin

Kinga Maria Dunin-Horkawicz (born 1954 in Łódź) is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist.

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Life

She is a columnist for the Wysokie Obcasy (women's extra of the Gazeta Wyborcza ) [1] and academic teacher at the Medical University of Warsaw. Before 1989 she was active in the democratic opposition (KOR and samizdat among others). [2] Member of the New Left intellectual milieu Krytyka Polityczna and of the Polish Greens 2004. [3]

Books

Sociology

Feminism

Novels

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References

  1. Kinga Dunin's column in the "Wysokie Obcasy"
  2. Noty biograficzne... (in Polish)
  3. Zespół KP (in Polish)