Maja Lidia Kossakowska
Maja Lidia Kossakowska-Grzędowicz (27 February 1972 – 23 May 2022) was a Polish fantasy writer. She was first published in 1997. She was nominated eight times for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for her short stories and novels, and received it in 2007 for the short story Smok tańczy dla Chung Fonga.
Maja Lidia Kossakowska
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- Name
- Maja Lidia Kossakowska
- Born
- 27 February 1972
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Died
- 23 May 2022
- Place of death
- Stare Załubice, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Occupation
- Writer
- Education
- University of Warsaw
- Spouse
- Jarosław Grzędowicz
- Nationality
- Poland
- Fields
- literature · fantasy literature · journalism
- Honours
- Janusz A. Zajdel Award
- Languages
- Polish
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Maja Lidia Kossakowska-Grzędowicz (27 February 1972 – 23 May 2022) was a Polish fantasy writer. She was first published in 1997. She was nominated eight times for the Janusz A. Zajdel Award for her short stories and novels, and received it in 2007 for the short story Smok tańczy dla Chung Fonga.
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She also received several other awards. She is best known for using angel themes in her work. She was the author of thirteen books and many short stories. She was the wife of another fantasy writer, Jarosław Grzędowicz. She died on 23 May 2022 in a house fire at the age of 50.
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• Name — Maja Lidia Kossakowska • Born — 27 February 1972 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Died — 23 May 2022 • Place of death — Stare Załubice, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland • Occupation — Writer • Education — University of Warsaw • Spouse — Jarosław Grzędowicz
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The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1972 at Warsaw. Institutional cataloguing adds that maja Lidia Kossakowska died in 2022 at Stare Załubice.
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- 1.Maja Lidia Kossakowska nie żyje. Pisarka zginęła w pożarze. Miała 50 lat.
- 2.Kossakowska nie żyje.
- 3.Pyrkon mówi: wywiad z Mają Lidią Kossakowską - Kontra - Niezależne Media Studentów UAM.
- 4.Wywiad z Mają Lidią Kossakowską.
- 5.Pisarze fantasy opublikowali list otwarty w obronie Komudy. Podpisali go m.in. Ziemkiewicz, Piekara i Dukaj.
- 6.Wywiad z Mają Lidią Kossakowską. Część I - Książki - POLTERGEIST.
- 7.Oficjalna strona Mai Lidii Kossakowskiej.
- 8.Ashka (pseud.). Zapiski z turnusu resocjalizacyjnego w Zakładzie Karnym Jastrzębia Góra, Nordcon 2001.
- 9.Fabryka Słów – Autorzy – Maja Lidia Kossakowska.
- 10.Isabel Sabogal: Sobre el primer tomo de la novela "Las puertas de la Luminosidad" de Maja Lidia Kossakowska
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