Lucjan Wolanowski
Lucjan Wolanowski | |
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Born | Warsaw, Poland | February 26, 1920
Died | February 20, 2006 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 85)
Pen name | Wilk; Waldemar Mruczkowski; W. Lucjański; (L.W.); lu; Lu; (lw); WOL. |
Occupation | journalist, translator and traveller |
Nationality | Polish |
Partner | Anna-Bożenna Wolanowska (Szumowska) (1924-2016) |
Children | Anna Nathan (b. March 4, 1952) |
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Lucjan Wilhelm Wolanowski (Lucjan Kon; February 26, 1920 – February 20, 2006), pseudonyms: Wilk; Waldemar Mruczkowski; W. Lucjański; (L.W.); lu; Lu; (lw); WOL., was a Polish journalist, writer and traveller.
Early life, education, and Second World War
Wolanowski was born into an
Wolanowski studied chemistry at the Grenoble Polytechnical Institute (France 1938-1939), but the outbreak of World War II caught him during a vacation in his homeland. During World War II he fought as a soldier of the Polish clandestine resistance movement Home Army, and he acted as literary contributor to the Polish underground press.
Career
After the war he worked with the Polish Press Agency (from 1945); he was a commentator from various conferences for journalists in the Foreign Secretary in
He joined a ship-rescue operation in a Norwegian fiord, made a long trip aboard an Icelandic cutter in
Publications
He wrote 25 books, translated into 7 languages and depicting mainly his travels. He did not specialize in economics or in politics, but always looked for "the human side of the story" and tried to see for himself the things he was going to write about. All his books are illustrated by pictures he shot himself. He died in Warsaw.
Organisational affiliations
He was a member of the Association of Polish Journalists (1951–1982 and 1991–2006), of the Polish Writers Union (1959–1983), of the Polish
Awards
Wolanowski received many awards, including: Order of the Romania Star (1949), Award of the Polish Club of International Publicists (1962); Prize of the Polish Journalists Association for the Best Book of the Year (1973); the Cavalier's Cross of Polonia Restituta; the Golden Cross of Merit; Honorary Citizen of Springfield, United States (1965).
Works
- Ośmiornica (Octopus), 1952 (History of the Unilever Syndicate);
- Przeważnie o ludziach (Mostly about people), 1953;
- Na południe od Babiej Góry (To the East of Babia Góra), 1954 (reports from Czechoslovakia);
- Śladami brudnej sprawy (In the steps of a dirty affair), 1954 (historical reports);
- Czy Stanisław Talarek musiał umrzeć? (Had Stanisław Talarek to die?), 1955 (with Mirosław Azembski);
- Cichy front (The Silent Front), 1955, 1956;
- Dokąd oczy poniosą (To go just anywhere), 1958, 1959 (reports);
- Żywe srebro (Quick-silver), 1959, 1963 (with Henryk Kawka);
- Zwierciadło bogini (The goddess's mirror), 1961, 1962, 1964 (reports from Japan);
- Klejnot korony (The crown jewel), 1963 (report from Hong-Kong);
- Księżyc nad Tahiti (Moon over Tahiti), 1963;
- Dalej niż daleko (Farther than far), 1964 (report from New Zealand);
- Basia nad biegunem (Basia at the pole), 1964 (book for children);
- Ocean nie bardzo spokojny (The not very Pacific Ocean), 1967;
- Poczta do Nigdy-Nigdy (Post to Never-Never Land), 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1989 (reports from Australia);
- Z zapartym tchem (Breathtaking reports), 1969;
- Upał i gorączka (Heat and fever), 1970, 1973, 1996;
- Westchnienie za Lapu-Lapu (Longing for Lapu-Lapu), 1973, 1976;
- Min-Min. Mała opowieść o wielkim lądzie (Min-Min. Short story about a Large Land), 1977;
- Walizka z przygodami. Reporter tu, reporter tam (A luggage full of adventures. A reporter at large), 1977;
- Buntownicy Mórz Południowych. Reporter na tropie buntu na Okręcie Jego Królewskiej Mości "Bounty" (The mutineers of the South Seas. A Reporter on the trail of the Mutiny on HMS "Bounty"), 1980, 1986;
- Ani diabeł, ani głębina. Dzieje odkryć Australii, opowiedziane ludziom, którym się bardzo śpieszy (Neither the devil, nor the deep water. A story of Australia's discovery, told to the people who are in hurry), 1987.
Image gallery
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Lucjan Wolanowski, Warsaw, 1998
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Articles of Wolanowski in the Polish newspapers "Przekrój" and "Dookoła świata", 1947 - 1973
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Wolanowski's grave stone, Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw, September 10, 2006
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Wolanowski's grave stone, Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw, September 10, 2006
External links
- Lucjan Wolanowski (1920-2006) – Official Website (PL)
- Lucjan Wolanowski in Facebook
- Lucjan Wolanowski (1920-2006) – Life and Work; "University Daily", April 2006; University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (PL)
- Book about Lucjan Wolanowski: "Wokół reportażu podróżniczego" - Katowice (Poland), October 2009 - pdf file (PL)