Anna Janko (born Aneta Jankowska, 27 August 1957), is a Polish poet, writer, columnist and literary critic.
Life
Aneta Jankowska was born in Rybnik, in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, 27 August 1957. She is the daughter of Teresa Ferenc (born in 1934) and Zbigniew Jankowski. Her mother, as a 9-year-old child, survived the massacre carried out by the German army in the village of Sochy. Janko presented the event in her book MaÃ
Âa ZagÃ
Âada (A Little Annihilation), published in 2015, which won the "Gryfia" Literary Award.
As a poet, she debuted in 1977. In the second half of the 1970s, she was associated with the poetry Nowa PrywatnoÃ
ÂÃÂ (New Privacy). She collaborated with the WrocÃ
Âaw monthly magazine Odra, the Second Program of Polish Radio, and the magazine Pani. She currently cooperates with ZwierciadÃ
Âo.
She is a member of the PEN-club and the Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (The Association of Polish Writers).
Olga Tokarczuk, winner Nobel Prize in Literature (2018), and winner of The Man Booker International Prize (2018) said about the book A Little Annihilation (MaÃ
Âa ZagÃ
Âada): "Scenes from the war live on as trauma in the memory of the next generation. A Little Annihilation by Anna Janko is an extraordinarily personal and powerful account of how the worst wartime atrocities affect ordinary people and are seldom recorded in the official histories."
Critic Artur Sandauer said about Anna Janko: "A female Rimbaud".
Publications
Poetry
- List do królika doÃ
Âwiadczalnego, 1977 ("Letter to a Guinea Pig")
- Wykluwa siÃÂ staruszka, 1979
- DiabÃ
Âu Ã
Âwieca, 1980
- Koronki na rany, 1989
- Zabici czasem dÃ
Âugo stojÃÂ
, 1995 ("The dead sometimes stand for a long time")
- Ã
Âwietlisty cudzoziemiec, 2000 ("A shining foreigner")
- Du bist Der, niemieckojÃÂzyczny wybór wierszy, Berlin, 2000 (Du bist Der, German-language selection of poems", Berlin)
- Wiersze z cieniem, 2010 ("Poems with shadows")
- MiÃ
ÂoÃ
ÂÃÂ, Ã
ÂmierÃÂ i inne wzory, 2016 ("Love, death and other patterns")
Prose
- Dziewczyna z zapaÃ
Âkami, Nowy Ã
Âwiat 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 (Wydawnictwo Literackie) (Girl with Matches)
- Maciupek i MaleÃ
Âtas. NiezwykÃ
Âe przygody w Brzuchu Mamy, Nasza KsiÃÂgarnia 2012 ("Maciupek and MaleÃ
Âtas. Unusual adventures in Mother's Belly.")
- Pasja wedÃ
Âug Ã
Âw. Hanki, Wydawnictwo Literackie 2012 ("Passion according to st. Hanka")
- Boscy i nieznoÃ
Âni. NiezwykÃ
Âe biografie, Wydawnictwo ZwierciadÃ
Âo, 2012 ("Divine and unbearable. Unusual biographies") (about, among others, Margaret Mitchell, Mia Farrow, CzesÃ
Âaw MiÃ
Âosz, and Dustin Hoffman)
- MaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada (A Little Annihilation), Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2015
Drama
- RzeÃ
º lalek, 1981, Teatr WspóÃ
Âczesny w Szczecinie, reÃ
¼. Andrzej Chrzanowski. ("Doll slaughter")
- Ã
ÂmierÃÂ to dobry poczÃÂ
tek, sÃ
Âuchowisko radiowe, 2 program Polskiego Radia, 2005, reÃ
¼. Henryk Rozen. ("Death is a good start", a radio play, 2nd program of Polish Radio)
Awards and honors
- Nagroda MÃ
Âodych im WÃ
Âodzimierza Pietrzaka za twórczoÃ
ÂÃÂ poetyckÃÂ
, 1980. ("WÃ
Âodzimierz Pietrzak Youth Award for poetry")
- Nagroda GdaÃ
Âska KsiÃÂ
Ã
¼ka Roku za tom DiabÃ
Âu Ã
Âwieca, 1981. ("GdaÃ
Âsk Book of the Year Award")
- Nagroda ZwiÃÂ
zku Pisarzy NiezaleÃ
¼nych w DreÃ
ºnie za twórczoÃ
ÂÃÂ poetyckÃÂ
, 1993. ("Award of the Union of Independent Writers in Dresden for poetic work")
- Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej Nike za tom Ã
Âwietlisty cudzoziemiec, 2001. ("Nomination for the Nike Literary Award for the volume Shining foreigner ")
- Nagroda KsiÃÂ
Ã
¼ka Wiosny 2007 PoznaÃ
Âskiego PrzeglÃÂ
du NowoÃ
Âci Wydawniczych za powieÃ
ÂÃÂ Dziewczyna z zapaÃ
Âkami ("Book of the Spring 2007 Award of the PoznaÃ
 News Publishing Review for the novel Girl with Matches)
- Nagroda Warszawskiej Premiery Literackiej za powieÃ
ÂÃÂ Dziewczyna z zapaÃ
Âkami, KsiÃÂ
Ã
¼ka Czerwca 2007 ("Warsaw Literary Premiere Award for the novel Girl with Matches, Book June 2007")
- Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej Srebrny KaÃ
Âamarz im. Hermenegildy KociubiÃ
Âskiej, 2008 ("Nomination for the Silver Inkwell Hermenegildy KociubiÃ
Âska, 2008")
- Nominacja do Nagrody Mediów Cogito za powieÃ
ÂÃÂ Dziewczyna z zapaÃ
Âkami, 2008 ("Nomination to the Cogito Media Award for the novel Girl with Matches, 2008")
- Nominacja do Literackiej Nagrody Europy Ã
Ârodkowej Angelus za powieÃ
ÂÃÂ Dziewczyna z zapaÃ
Âkami, 2008. ("Nomination for the Angelus Central European Literary Award for the novel Girl with Matches, 2008")
- Nagroda Literacka im. WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âawa Reymonta, za powieÃ
ÂÃÂ Dziewczyna z zapaÃ
Âkami, 2008 ("WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw Reymont Literary Award for the novel Girl with Matches, 2008")
- Nagroda KsiÃÂ
Ã
¼ka Lata 2012 PoznaÃ
Âskiego PrzeglÃÂ
du NowoÃ
Âci Wydawniczych, za PasjÃÂ wedÃ
Âug Ã
Âw. Hanki
- Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej dla Autorki Gryfia 2013, za PasjÃÂ wedÃ
Âug Ã
Âw. Hanki (finalistka)
- Nominacja do Literackiej Nagrody Nike 2013, za powieÃ
ÂÃÂ Pasja wedÃ
Âug Ã
Âw. Hanki
- WyróÃ
¼nienie w Ogólnopolskim Konkursie im. Kornela MakuszyÃ
Âskiego za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàdla dzieci Maciupek i MaleÃ
Âtas. NiezwykÃ
Âe przygody w brzuchu Mamy, 2013 ("Distinction in the National Kornel MakuszyÃ
Âski Competition for the book for children Maciupek and MaleÃ
Âtas. Unusual adventures in Mama's belly, 2013")
- Nominacja do Nagrody Literackiej i Historycznej Identitas za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada, 2015. ("Nomination for the Identitas Literary and Historical Award for the book A Little Annihilation, 2015")
- Nominacja w III edycji Nagrody Newsweeka im. Teresy ToraÃ
Âskiej (2015) w kategorii "Najlepsza ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼ka" za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada ("Nomination in the third edition of Newsweek Award Teresa ToraÃ
Âska (2015) in the 'Best Book' category for the book A Little Annihilation")
- Nagroda miesiÃÂcznika âÂÂNowe ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼ki" za rok 2015 za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada ("Award of the monthly 'New Books' for 2015 for the book A Little Annihilation"
- Nagroda Literacka m.st. Warszawy 2016 w kategorii proza za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada ("Literary Award of the Capital City of Warsaw Warsaw 2016 in the prose category for the book A Little Annihilation")
- Nagroda Literacka dla Autorki âÂÂGryfia" 2016 za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada ("Literary Award for the Author "Gryfia" 2016 for the book A Little Annihilation")
- FinaÃ
 Literackiej Nagrody Europy Ã
Ârodkowej Angelus za ksiÃÂ
Ã
¼kàMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âada ("The final of the Angelus Central European Literary Award for the book A Little Annihilation")
See also
References
Bibliography
External links
- Anna Janko on the shortlist for the Angelus Award!
- "MaÃ
Âa ZagÃ
Âada" by Anna Janko, about the book A Little Annihilation by Anna Janko.
- Przepisana biografia matki. O "MaÃ
Âej ZagÃ
Âadzie" Anny Janko w perspektywie pamiÃÂci biodziedzicznej, Mother's biography prescribed. On A Little Annihilation by Anna Janko in the perspective of heraldic memory.
- "Wojna nie umiera nigdy, tylko zmienia mundury". W "XiÃÂgarni" o Literackiej Nagrodzie Angelus, TVN24: "War never dies but changes its uniforms." In "XiÃÂgarnia" about the Angelus Literary Award.
- A Little Annihilation (English Edition)
- Anna Janko
- A Little Annihilation
- TVP Kultura Studio. Rozmowy. Anna Janko, TVP Studio Kultura. Conversations. Anna Janko
- A Minor Genocide, Film in TVP
- Zabili, spalili, zbombardowali. âÂÂMaÃ
Âa zagÃ
Âadaâ ujrzaÃ
Âa Ã
ÂwiatÃ
Âo dzienn, TVP: They killed, burned and bombed. Little Annihilation saw the light of day.