Urszula Kozioł Explained

Urszula Kozioł (born 20 June 1931)[1] is a Polish poet. In 2011, she was a recipient of the Silesius Poetry Award.

Biography

Kozioł was born in Rakówka, a village in Poland. She attended high school in Zamość[2] and graduated from the University of Wroclaw in 1953.[3]

Her debut poetry collection was Gumowe klocki ("Blocks of rubber", 1957), but her second, W rytmie korzeni ("In the Rhythm of the Roots", 1963), is considered her breakthrough.[4] Of her 1963 poem "Recipe for the Meat Course", translator Karen Kovacik writes that it "functions simultaneously as an ars poetica and an ironic riposte to those who believed a woman's place was in the kitchen" and "depict[s] housework or domestic life through motifs of violence and estrangement."[5]

Her novel Postoje pamięci ("Stations of Memory", 1965) focuses on Mirka, the daughter of a teacher, growing up in a small village during World War II. In his survey of Polish literature, Czesław Miłosz wrote that it was "One of the most authentic testimonies on the village".[6]

She began editing the magazine Odra in 1968. She has also written stage and radio dramas for adults and children.

Bibliography

Poetry

Prose

Essays

Drama

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wilson, Katharina M.. An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. 1991. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-8240-8547-6. en.
  2. Book: Kozioł, Urszula. Poems (Urszula Koziol). 1989. Host Publications, Inc.. 978-0-924047-02-2. en.
  3. Book: International Women Playwrights: Voices of Identity and Transformation : Proceedings of the First International Women Playwrights Conference, October 18-23, 1988. France. Anna Kay. Corso. Paula Jo. 1993. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-2782-0. en.
  4. Web site: Urszula Koziol (poet) - Poland - Poetry International. www.poetryinternationalweb.net. en. 2017-05-16.
  5. [Karen Kovacik|Kovacik, Karen]
  6. Book: Miłosz, Czesław. The History of Polish Literature. 1983. University of California Press. 978-0-520-04477-7. en.