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Olbinski and the Opera
This collection represents a talent for combining graphic design, painting, and opera in the great tradition of the Polish poster.
96 pages, Hardcover
First published April 25, 2003
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Agata Passent
10 books4 followersAgata Passent is a Polish journalist and writer.
She was born in Warsaw into a family with Jewish roots, as a daughter of the journalist Daniel Passent and the poet Agnieszka Osiecka.
Her paternal grandparents were killed during the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto. Her maternal grandparents - Wiktor Osiecki, a pianist and Maria Sztechman - survived World War II and lived in Saska Kępa. Passent, who spent her childhood in Falenica, came back to Warsaw with her family at the age of five. In 1979 they moved to Cambridge, then back to Warsaw and then to Newton, where she graduated from the Buckingham Browne & Nichols school. In 1995 Agata Passent graduated with a major in German studies from Harvard University and she returned to Poland.
In 1996 Passent debuted as a journalist in the Polish magazine, Twój Styl. One year later, she founded The Okularnicy Foundation, whose main purpose is to protect and popularise Agnieszka Osiecka's works. In the years 2005–2006 Passent was connected with Radio PiN and since 2006 she is writing feuilletons for the magazine Twoje Dziecko.
Agata Passent is married to Wojciech Kuczok, a writer. She is a member of the Jewish Community in Warsaw, but she describes herself as an atheist.
She was born in Warsaw into a family with Jewish roots, as a daughter of the journalist Daniel Passent and the poet Agnieszka Osiecka.
Her paternal grandparents were killed during the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto. Her maternal grandparents - Wiktor Osiecki, a pianist and Maria Sztechman - survived World War II and lived in Saska Kępa. Passent, who spent her childhood in Falenica, came back to Warsaw with her family at the age of five. In 1979 they moved to Cambridge, then back to Warsaw and then to Newton, where she graduated from the Buckingham Browne & Nichols school. In 1995 Agata Passent graduated with a major in German studies from Harvard University and she returned to Poland.
In 1996 Passent debuted as a journalist in the Polish magazine, Twój Styl. One year later, she founded The Okularnicy Foundation, whose main purpose is to protect and popularise Agnieszka Osiecka's works. In the years 2005–2006 Passent was connected with Radio PiN and since 2006 she is writing feuilletons for the magazine Twoje Dziecko.
Agata Passent is married to Wojciech Kuczok, a writer. She is a member of the Jewish Community in Warsaw, but she describes herself as an atheist.
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