Grażyna Bacewicz - Joanna Sendłak
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Grażyna Bacewicz - Joanna Sendłak
Joanna Sendłak [+]
Writer
Joanna Sendłak is the grand-daughter of Grażyna Bacewicz. She was born and studied in Warsaw - first painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, then philosophy at the University. She has exhibited paintings in Warsaw galleries, published stories in literary magazines and is the author of a number of novels, most recently The Dreamer of 76th Street (Nowy Świat, 2016), With Fire: Grażyna Bacewicz in Love on the Eve of War (Skarpa Warszawska, 2018) and Symphony of Stars (Skarpa Warszawska, 2019). Two volumes of her short stories were published by Fundacja Światło Literatury in 2019: Atotsi and Labirynt.
Description
Bacewicz serves as juror at the Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris. In 1954 her Symphony No. 4 and ballet, The Peasant King, have their premieres. That same year she is involved in a very serious car accident that puts her in hospital for several months. In 1955 she wins several prizes and awards from the Polish Government. She is made Vice-President of the Union of Polish Composers.