Kinga Dunin

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Kinga Dunin
Kinga Dunin, Salon Ciekawej Ksiazki, Łódź December 2011.jpg
Kinga Dunin in 2011
Born (1954-04-25) 25 April 1954 (age 69)
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Łódź
Occupationwriter, feminist, sociologist
Political partyGreens 2004
Parent(s)Janusz Dunin
Cecylia Dunin

Kinga Maria Dunin-Horkawicz (born 1954 in Łódź) is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist.

Life

She is a columnist for the Wysokie Obcasy (women's extra of the Gazeta Wyborcza)[1] and academic teacher at the Medical University of Warsaw. Before 1989 she was active in the democratic opposition (KOR and samizdat among others).[2] Member of the New Left intellectual milieu Krytyka Polityczna and of the Polish Greens 2004.[3]

Books

Sociology

  • 1991: Cudze problemy. Analiza dyskursu publicznego w Polsce (Others' Problems: an Analysis of Polish Public Discourse; coauthor)
  • 2004: Czytając Polskę. Literatura polska po roku 1989 wobec dylematów nowoczesności (Reading Poland: Polish post-1989 Literature and the Dilemmas of Modernity)

Feminism

  • 1996: Tao gospodyni domowej (Tao of a Housewife)
  • 2000: Karoca z dyni (A Pumpkin Coach) - nomination for Nike Award 2001
  • 2002: Czego chcecie ode mnie, "Wysokie Obcasy"? (What do you want from me, "Wysokie Obcasy"?)
  • 2007: Zadyma (A Revolt)

Novels

  • 1998: Tabu (Taboo)
  • 1999: Obciach (Embarrassment)

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