European Book Prize
1 appearances
Anna Bikont
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Anna Bikont
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1954-07-17 （Warsaw, Poland）
- Nationality
- Poland
- Languages
- Polish
- Residence History
- Warsaw, Poland (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Writer
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Gazeta Wyborcza (co-founder, senior journalist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Warsaw | Faculty of Psychology | Psychology | — | — | Poland |
| University of Gothenburg (honorary doctorate) | — | — | Honorary doctorate | — | Sweden |
University of Warsaw
Faculty of Psychology
/ Psychology
Country:
Poland
Trained in psychology; later worked as a research assistant.
University of Gothenburg (honorary doctorate)
Degree:
Honorary doctorate
Country:
Sweden
Received an honorary doctorate (date not specified).
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ryszard Kapuściński Award | Sendler: In Hiding | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | National Jewish Book Award | The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne | Holocaust | Jewish Book Council | winner |
| 2011 | European Book Prize | Le crime et le silence (My z Jedwabnego) | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | Best History Book of the Year (Polityka) | My z Jedwabnego | — | Polityka (weekly) | winner |
| 2005 | Nike Award (shortlisted) | My z Jedwabnego | — | — | shortlisted |
| 2001 | Grand Press prize | Articles on the Jedwabne crime | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Cullman Fellowship | — | — | The New York Public Library (Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center) | fellowship |
Ryszard Kapuściński Award
2018
Work:
Sendler: In Hiding
Result:
winner
National Jewish Book Award
2015
Work:
The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne
Category:
Holocaust
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
winner
European Book Prize
2011
Work:
Le crime et le silence (My z Jedwabnego)
Result:
winner
Best History Book of the Year (Polityka)
2005
Work:
My z Jedwabnego
Organization:
Polityka (weekly)
Result:
winner
Nike Award (shortlisted)
2005
Work:
My z Jedwabnego
Result:
shortlisted
Grand Press prize
2001
Work:
Articles on the Jedwabne crime
Result:
winner
Cullman Fellowship
2008
Organization:
The New York Public Library (Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center)
Result:
fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Ryszard Kapuściński Award for Literary Reportage
1 appearances
-
Edition 9 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
My z Jedwabnego
2004 Non-fiction / Investigative journalismAn investigative reportage based on interviews and archival work about the 1941 Jedwabne massacre, examining memory, responsibility, and community.
The HolocaustMemoryResponsibilityPolish-Jewish relations
Translations
- Le crime et le silence (French edition, 2011)
- The Crime and the Silence (English edition, 2015)
- Vi från Jedwabne (Swedish edition, 2015)
- Anaḥnu mi-Yedṿabneh (Hebrew edition, 2016)
- De misdaad en het zwijgen (Dutch edition, 2016)
- Chinese translation (2018)
- Il crimine e il silenzio (Italian edition, 2019)
- Wir aus Jedwabne (German edition, 2020)
Sendler: In Hiding
2017 Non-fiction / BiographyChronicles the life of Irena Sendler and other Polish women who hid Jewish children during the Holocaust, exploring acts of rescue and memory.
RescueMemoryWomen's historyThe Holocaust
Nigdy nie byłaś Żydówką
2023 Non-fiction / EssaysCollection of six stories about girls who grew up in hiding.
ChildrenHidingMemory
Bibliography
- Małe vademecum Peerelu (1990)
- Pamiątkowe rupiecie. Biografia Wisławy Szymborska (1997, co-authored)
- My z Jedwabnego (2004)
- Lawina i Kamienie (2006, co-authored)
- Sendlerowa. W ukryciu (2017)
- Cena (2022)
- Nigdy nie byłaś Żydówką (2023)
Translations of Works
- My z Jedwabnego → The Crime and the Silence (English) and multiple other translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Investigative reportage based on field interviewsBlend of archival scholarship and journalistic narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Examination of memory and historyCommunity responsibilityThe Holocaust and its legacy
Legacy
Anna Bikont is an internationally recognized journalist and author whose investigative reporting on the Jedwabne massacre and work on Holocaust memory have had significant impact on debates about modern Polish history.
Archives
- Gazeta Wyborcza archives (related materials)
Trivia
- Co-founder of the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
- Her husband, Piotr Bikont, died in a car accident in 2017.
- My z Jedwabnego won the European Book Prize in its French translation.
- Selected as a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library (2008/2009).