Aleksandra 窜颈贸艂办辞飞蝉办补-叠辞别丑尘 graduated in Polish studies from the 91滴滴. She holds
a doctoral degree in humanities from the University of Warsaw and is an author of several books published in Poland, the USA and Canada. Some parts have been published in German, Portuguese and Ukrainian. Between 1977 and 1981 she was a member of the Editorial Board of the Polish Television Theatre.
She has received a scholarships from, among others, the Ontario Ministry of Culture, the Canadian Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, the Adam Mickiewicz Foundation in Toronto, the Washington Institute of International Education, the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, and twice from the Fulbright Foundation of America. She is a member of, among others: PEN America - NY, Fulbright Ass.-Washington DC, Association of Authors ZAiKS, Association of Polish Writers in Warsaw, Association of Polish Writers in London, Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, Polish American Historical Association, J贸zef Pi艂sudski Institute in NY, Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia. She has received numerous awards including: Gold Cross of Merit, Gold Badge of Honour of the Polish Booksellers Association, Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture, Fulbright Award, Turzanski Foundation, Delaware State Annual Award in Literature (creative non-fiction), Ignacy Paderewski Medal awarded by the Society of Veterans of the Polish Army in America (SWAP), Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement, Polish Heritage Society of Philadelphia Award, Skalny Civic Achievement Award - The Polish-American Historical Association, "Witness to History" (IPN "in recognition of special merits in commemorating the History of the Polish Nation").
The subjects of her books include: the fate of the Poles during the war, Melchior Wa艅kowicz (the writer dedicated his book La Fontaine's Decanter to her and bequeathed his archive to her), American Indians (the writer's uncle, Korczak Ziolkowski started the sculpture of Chief Crazy Horse in South Dakota), Ingrid Bergman (the actress was a close cousin of the writer's husband, Norman), and cats.
Author of, among others. "Kaja od Rados艂awa, czyli historia Hubalowego krzy偶a" (award of the London Writers' Association in Foreign Countries), "Dw贸r w Kra艣nicy i Hubalowy Demon" (honorary citizenship of the Municipality of Slawno), "Lepszy dzie艅 nie przyszed艂 ju偶" (Honours and Sympathy Foundation of Polish Armenian Culture and Heritage), "Korzenie s膮 polskie", "Amerykanie z wyboru i inni", "Nie min臋艂o nic, pr贸cz lat" (with Szymon Kobylinski), "Ulica 呕贸艂wiego Strumienia", "Kanada, Kanada", "Blisko Wa艅kowicza", "Wok贸艂 Wa艅kowicza", "Otwarta rana Ameryki", "Ingrid Bergman prywatnie", "Podr贸偶e z moj膮 kotk膮", "Pisarskie delicje".
She is an author of the script for the musical show "Drugi Korpus w piosenkach Ref-Rena" [The Second Corps in Ref-Ren Songs], produced by Polish Television in 1991 (directed by Barbara Borys-Dami臋cka). She has consulted and appeared in documentary films devoted to Zbigniew Brzezi艅ski, Stanley Haidasz (dir. Zbigniew Kowalewski), Korczak Zi贸艂kowski (TV Philadelphia) and Melchior Wa艅kowicz (dir. Piotr Morawski). She is an author of the introduction to Janusz M. Paluch's book "Wczoraj i dzi艣. Polacy na Kresach" [Yesterday and Today. Poles on the Borderlands] (Krakow 2013, and author of the foreword to: Tomasz 艁ychowski: 'Spojrzenia. Wiersze Wybrane' [Selected Poems](Rio de Janeiro 2016).