Krystyna Boglar

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Krystyna Boglar
Born(1931-12-17)17 December 1931
Kraków, Poland
Died14 November 2019(2019-11-14) (aged 87)
CitizenshipPolish

Krystyna Boglar (17 December 1931 – 14 November 2019) was a Polish writer and screenwriter known mostly for her work for children and young adults. She wrote the script for the Gucio i Cezar comic book series illustrated by Bohdan Butenko which was adapted to the stage and TV.

Life[edit]

Krystyna Boglar was born on 17 December[1] 1931,[1][2] in Kraków.[2] In 1956, she graduated[3] in Arabic[4] from the Jagiellonian University, then worked at the Jagiellonian Library (1957–1960),[3] before moving to Hungary for a couple of years to work in animated film production,[1] collaborating, among others, with the Hungarofilm company.[3] After returning to Poland in 1965, she worked at the Ministry of Culture,[3] then for the Nasza Księgarnia publishing house.[1] She also worked for the Polish branch of the International Board on Books for Young People.[1] Boglar died on 14 November 2019.[1] She is interred in Oświęcim.[5]

Career[edit]

Boglar wrote several dozen books for children and young adults.[1] She debuted in 1966, writing for children's and young adults' magazines.[1] In the late 1960s she started writing scripts for a comic book series Gucio i Cezar, which was illustrated by Bohdan Butenko.[1] The series was adapted to the stage[6] and TV as an animated series (1976–1977) for which Boglar wrote the script.[7] In 2011, Poczta Polska released post stamps showcasing the main characters of the comic book.[8]

Together with director Janusz Łęski, Boglar cowrote a script for a TV series based on two of her novels: Nie głaskać kota pod włos and Każdy pies ma dwa końce.[1] Apart from writing for younger audiences, she also wrote novels for adults, such as Uśmiech czarnej wdowy or Tango na bananowej skórce.[1] In 1981, she received the Prime Minister of Poland's award.[3]

The English translation of her children's novel Clementine Loves Red created by Zosia Krasodomska-Jones and Antonia Lloyd-Jones was shortlisted for the 2017 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Krystyna Boglar (17.12.1931 - 14.11.2019)". wyborcza.pl. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  2. ^ a b Kuncewicz, Piotr (1995). "Boglar, Krystyna". Leksykon polskich pisarzy współczesnych (in Polish). Graf-Punkt. ISBN 978-83-86091-29-4.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Krystyna Boglar". FilmPolski (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  4. ^ "Krystyna Boglar". Pushkin Press. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  5. ^ "Parafia Wniebowzięcia NMP". oswiecimparafialny.grobonet.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  6. ^ "Gucio i Cezar". Encyklopedia teatru polskiego (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  7. ^ "Gucio i Cezar". FilmPolski (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  8. ^ "2011.05.27. Gapiszon, Kwapiszon, Gucio i Cezar :: Katalog Znaków Pocztowych". www.kzp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  9. ^ Udagawa, Avery Fischer (2018-01-30). "A Warwick Prize Shortlist and Clementine Loves Red". Global Literature in Libraries Initiative. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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