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Hanna Krall

Autor(a) de Shielding the Flame

32+ Works 503 Membros 17 Críticas 2 Favorited

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Obras por Hanna Krall

Shielding the Flame (1986) 150 exemplares
Chasing the King of Hearts (2006) 122 exemplares
The subtenant ; To outwit God (1989) 21 exemplares
Tam już nie ma żadnej rzeki (1998) 17 exemplares
Dowody na istnienie (1995) 14 exemplares
Ipnosi e altre storie (1989) 12 exemplares
Vit Maria (2011) 8 exemplares
Różowe strusie pióra (2009) 8 exemplares
Na wschód od Arbatu (2014) 7 exemplares
To ty jesteś Daniel (2001) 7 exemplares
Fantom bólu (2017) 5 exemplares
Den inneboende (2019) 4 exemplares
Il dibbuk e altre storie (1997) 4 exemplares
Żal (2008) 3 exemplares
Trudności ze wstawaniem okna (1990) 3 exemplares
Wyjatkowo dluga linia (2004) 3 exemplares
Synapsy Marii H. (2020) 2 exemplares
Smutek ryb (2020) 2 exemplares
Les vies de Maria (2020) 2 exemplares
Sublokatorka ; Okna (2008) 2 exemplares
Zdazyc przed panem bogiem 🎥 (2013) 2 exemplares
Les Fenêtres (2021) 1 exemplar
Maria H:s synapser (2021) 1 exemplar
La festa non è la vostra (1995) 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Krall, Hanna
Outros nomes
Krall-Szperkowicz, Hanna (Nom d'alliance)
Data de nascimento
1935-05-20
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Poland
Local de nascimento
Warsaw, Poland
Educação
Université de Varsovie (Diplôme, Journalisme)
Programme international d'écriture de l'Iowa
Ocupações
Journaliste
Dramaturge
Holocaust survivor
novelist
Relações
Szperkowicz, Jerzy (Epoux)
Organizações
Gazeta Wyborcza, Journal (Formatrice, Journalisme, 19 90 | )
"Tor" Film Group (Directrice littéraire, 19 82 | 19 87)
Polityka, Journal (Journaliste, 19 69 | 19 81)
Życie Warszawy, Journal (Journaliste, 19 55 | 19 69)
Union des écrivains polonais (Membre)
Association des écrivains polonais (Membre)
Prémios e menções honrosas
Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung (Hauptpreis ∙ 2000)
Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur (2012)
Médaille du Mérite culturel polonais Gloria (2014)
Commandeur de l'ordre Polonia Restituta (2004)

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Hanna Krall was born to a Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland. Her parents were Salomon and Felicja Jadwiga Krall. Her father and other relatives died during the Holocaust, while she and her mother survived with the help of several Catholic Poles, constantly moving between hiding places. In 1955, Hanna graduated from the journalism school at the University of Warsaw and began working as a journalist for major Polish newspapers. She lived in the Soviet Union from 1966 to 1969 as a foreign correspondent for the weekly Polityka. Her experiences during that period provided material for three volumes of collected articles. After the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981, she became a freelance writer and novelist. From 1982 to 1987, she also worked for the Tor film studio, where she collaborated on screenplays with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, among others. Hanna first made her name in 1977 with the publication of Shielding the Flame, a nonfiction work based on an interview with cardiologist Marek Edelman, one of the founders of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) and a leader of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Her most successful book has been the novel Chasing the King of Hearts (2006), which was translated into 17 languages and earned many awards, including the German Würth Preis for European Literature in 2012 and the Found in Translation Award in 2014. She has been married since 1959 to journalist Jerzy Szperkowicz, with whom she has a daughter.

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This is a holocaust survivor's story, which in bare and bleak prose follows the actions of one woman entirely focused on saving her husband from the concentration camp and re-uniting. Told from the time she is settled in Israel with the post WWII children and grandchildren whose lives and language are opaque to her.
 
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quondame | 5 outras críticas | Nov 9, 2023 |
«Ho chiesto a Adam S. perché mai un ambizioso americano alto un metro e ottanta, nato dopo la guerra, si interessi di ciò che non esiste. Mi ha risposto con una lettera scritta al computer. Deve aver avuto fretta, perché non ha nemmeno staccato i due margini perforati. Mi ha scritto che suo padre era un ebreo polacco che ha perduto nel ghetto la moglie e un bambino. Dopo la guerra se ne è andato in Francia, dove si è risposato. La nuova moglie era francese, in casa parlavano francese. - Perché mai la Polonia? - mi ha scritto nei suoi caratteri da computer. - È per il dibbuk. Il mio fratellastro, figlio di primo letto di mio padre, nato prima della guerra con il mio stesso nome, è scomparso non si sa bene come nel ghetto. Da molto tempo, dagli anni dell'infanzia e della scuola, abita dentro di me». (fonte: retro di copertina)… (mais)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | 1 outra crítica | Nov 10, 2022 |
Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through NetGalley and Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | 4 outras críticas | Sep 15, 2022 |
Chasing the King of Hearts is a love story. Izolde expends much time and energy trying to find her husband, Shayek, who has been arrested and sent to Auschwitz, hoping to keep him alive, and get him out. She also tries to keep her family and his family safe.

Krall's understated delivery of Izolda's complex plans and efforts on behalf of her husband engage readers' attention. And providing details of Izolda's future life in Israel compel us to continue reading to learn what happens in-between.

Different in so many ways from other Holocaust memoirs I've read. Krall is more frank and open about what people had to do during the horrors of the Holocaust to survive, and help their families survive. Chasing the King of Hearts also describes in painful detail challenges survivors faced AFTER the war.

Reading this book will provide another perspective to this historical nightmare.
… (mais)
 
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Bookish59 | 5 outras críticas | Aug 9, 2022 |

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Obras
32
Also by
1
Membros
503
Popularidade
#49,235
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
17
ISBN
106
Línguas
11
Marcado como favorito
2

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