Maja Lidia Kossakowska
Appearance
Maja Lidia Kossakowska | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 May 2022 Stare Załubice, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland | (aged 50)
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | Jarosław Grzędowicz |
Maja Lidia Kossakowska-Grzędowicz[1] (27 February 1972 – 23 May 2022)[2] was a Polish fantasy writer. She was first published in 1997. She was nominated eight times for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for her short stories and novels, and received it in 2007 for the short story Smok tańczy dla Chung Fonga. She also received several other awards. She is best known for using angel themes in her work. She was the author of thirteen books and many short stories.
She was the wife of another fantasy writer, Jarosław Grzędowicz. She died on 23 May 2022 in a house fire at the age of 50.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maja Lidia Kossakowska". Fabryka Słów (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "Kossakowska nie żyje". Katedra (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ Tristin (24 May 2022). "Maja Lidia Kossakowska is Dead. The Writer Died in a Fire. She was 50 years old". 247 news agency. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- (in Polish) Maja Lidia Kossakowska, biography at Runa Publishing House
- (in Polish) Maja Lidia Kossakowska, biography at gildia.pl
- (in Polish) Maja Lidia Kossakowska, biography at ksiazki.wp.pl
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- University of Warsaw alumni
- Writers from Warsaw
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- 20th-century short story writers
- 20th-century Polish women writers
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- 21st-century Polish women writers
- 21st-century short story writers
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