Katarzyna Krenz

Katarzyna Krenz (born 24 January 1953) is a Polish writer, poet and painter.

Biography Krenz was born on 24 January 1953 in Gdańsk, Poland. She is best known as the author of the novels W ogrodzie Mirandy (In Miranda's Garden), Lekcja tańca (Dance Lesson), Krolowa pszczół (The Queen of Bees) and Księżyc myśliwych (Moon Hunters). A graduate from the University of Gdańsk, she is a poet, journalist and literary translator, as well as a watercolour painter. Her works have been published worldwide. Among her translations are the works of Amos Oz, John Updike and Richard Russo. From 2005 to 2014 she has lived with her husband Jacek Krenz in Portugal.

Literary awards 2010 – I prize in XXII National Meetings of Literary Generations (Ogólnopolskie Literackie Spotkania Pokoleń). Kruszwica 1998 – Honorary mention in Literary Competition of Stefan Flukowski in Szczecin.

Works Novels Krenz K., Bielak J. Księżyc myśliwych. ZNAK Kraków (2015) Królowa pszczół, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków (2011) Lekcja tańca, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków (2009) Kropla ochry, dwie krople pamięci. W ogrodzie Mirandy, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków, (2008)

Poetry Poezine 01-06 Quincunx i kostka domino, artbook, Ogarnij Miasto Sp. z o.o. Gdańsk, (2018) Watermarks. poetry & watercolours., Kasia Krenz & Jacek Krenz, Museu de Lanifícios. Covilha, Portugal (2006) Old Market House Arts Centre. Dungarvan, Ireland (2006) Szukam cię, morze, Gdańsk/Łeba (2005) Katarzyna Krenz, Czesław Tumielewicz, Seaside Evening / Wieczór nad morzem, Gdańsk-Łeba (2005) Kartki z podróży do Łeby (with Ewa Marią Slaska) Gdańsk (2001) Z nieznajomą w podróży. Tower Press, Gdańsk (2000) La Tour, Degnodiverso, Turin, Italy (1999)

Non-fiction Marcus de la Poer Beresford and Katarzyna Krenz. From Napoleon to the Nazis: The Mysterious Story of Marshal Beresford’s Silver / Od Napoleona do nazistów: Tajemnicza historia sreber marszałka Beresforda. Dungarvan, Co. Waterford (2023) The Eye of Abstraction. World in the Paintings of Professor Tadeusz Kielanowski / Oko abstrakcji. Świat w obrazach Profesora Tadeusza Kielanowskiego. Domena, Warsaw, (2020)