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The Last Mazurka Winners

13/05/2007 Here are the answers to The Last Mazurka QUIZ. 1. Which exiled Polish leader was killed in 1943 and how did he die? Wladyslaw Sikorski, who was killed in a plane crash en route from the Middle East back to England, 2. Which German coding device was acquired by Polish intelligence before WW2 began and delivered to the Allies? The Enigma machine
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Review of ‘Goodbye Polsko’ by Joanna Czechowska

29/04/2008

Goodbye Polsko by Joanna Czechowska This debut novel by journalist Joanna Czechowska is short enough to read at one sitting. The title ‘Goodbye Polsko’, presents an enormous problem to the second generation Poles who were born and brought up in England after the War as it represents a separation from their roots. The parents of that generation, born in Poland, were brought to England as a result of the war and for many reasons, political, family or personal, were not able or didn’t wish to return.

Goodbye Polsko quiz winner

27/04/2007 We were positively surprised to receive correct answers from Poland. "Goodbye Polsko" by Joanna Czechowska was published in Poland by Foran Media. The quiz answers are as follows: 1. Derby is the English town where the story begins. 2. Barbara said her husband was wounded in Polish-Bolshevik war in 1920. 3. Helena worked as a tailor. and the lucky winner is:
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Chava Rosenfarb: The Grande Dame of Yiddish Literature

11/04/2007

The Tree of Life by Chava Rosenfarb Who has enough words with the thinness of needles, with the heaviness of rocks, with the snarls of swamp weeds to describe the soul of a ghetto Jew during that autumn?

. . . The rough Baluty Yiddish . . . so sad and sweet . . .

– from The Tree of Life

Ravines called coulees, resplendent in rich greens and browns, begin to tear and pull the Alberta prairie into something a little more resistant, and Lethbridge takes shape. The Greyhound bus pulls in.

WIN GOODBYE POLSKO!

23/03/2007 Take part in our Quiz and win 'Goodbye Polsko' by Joanna Czechowska - a fascinating novel about everyday life of Polish immigrants after IIWW in UK. Send your answers to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it and win the copy signed by its author. The name of the lucky winner will be published on our website on 23/4/2007.
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The Year of Joseph Conrad

16/03/2007

Joseph Conrad - writer This year has been announced the Year of Joseph Conrad, the Polish-born author and seaman who, writing in English, influenced the shape of the modern novel.
The 150th anniversary of his birth has been entered by UNESCO into its calendar of anniversaries. The Year of Conrad inauguration ceremony was held Feb. 28 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. At the same time, the Museum of Literature opened the Conrad. Miedzy morzem a ladem (Conrad: Twixt Land and Sea) exhibition, dedicated to Conrad's childhood and youth, which was spent in Berdichev, in today's Ukraine, and Krakow.

Interview with Andrew Tarnowski

13/03/2007

‘This is the best way into history – real flesh and blood struggling to live and to love in their collapsing world of war and exile … written with exquisite precision’ – Norman Davies, Historian about 'The Last Mazurka', the book by Andrew Tarnowski.

Justyna Staszek: Could you tell a bit more about yourself and your carrier as a journalist? Would you say about writing 'The Last Mazurka' that this is the next step, which you needed to take or you find it a completely seperate project?
Andrew Tarnowski: I worked for Reuters for 29 years, joining the news agency in London in 1965 as a graduate trainee after reading history at Oxford, and leaving England on my first assignment as a foreign correspondent in 1966. I had postings in Spain, Cuba, Italy, Argentina, Lebanon, India, Poland, Cyprus and Lebanon again.

WIN 'THE LAST MAZURKA' - QUIZ

9/03/2007

Win 'The Last Mazurka' with author's autograph!

Answer questions asked by Andrew Tarnowski and send your answer to

This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it quoting 'The Last Mazurka'.

Do not forget to include your address so that we will be able to send your prize!
Three copies of this great memoir are waiting for the the winners.
The winners names will be published on our website on 9.05.2007.

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