Słabuszewska-Krauze, Iwona

biography

Iwona Słabuszewska–Krauze (born 1976) is a Polish writer, editor and columnist. She graduated in sociology from the University of Warsaw and in journalism from the Irish Academy of Public Relations in Dublin. Her debut novel, Hotel Irlandia (Hotel Ireland, 2006), published in Warsaw under the Semper imprint, tells the story of a young Polish couple who emigrates to Ireland. The main character of her second novel, Ostatnie fado (The Last Fado, 2011), is a Polish woman living in Dublin. Iwona Słabuszewska–Krauze held the post of the editor of the Polish supplement to Evening Herald, a popular Irish daily.

She moved to Dublin in 2002 and has lived there since.

− compiled by Magdalena Łyczek

The following are links to websites with information about the author and her books:

http://www.semper.pl/literackie/autorzy.html

http://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/38636/hotel-irlandia

http://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/95530/ostatnie-fado