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Malgorzata Szejnert

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Malgorzata Szejnert

For forty years, Malgorzata Szejnert (b. 1936) has been one of Poland’s most important nonfiction writers and editors, shaping a generation of Polish literary reportage. She began writing about challenging social issues in the 1970s, and was an active member of the opposition during the Solidarity period....

After the fall of Communism, she cofounded Poland’s leading daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and led its reportage division for fifteen years. Since retiring, she has devoted herself entirely to book writing. Her topics range from Poland to America to Zanzibar, always with a warm, personal focus, allowing marginalized people to speak for themselves through her work.

“An Immigrant Like an Automobile”

By Malgorzata Szejnert

From preeminent Polish journalist Malgorzata Szejnert, Ellis Island: A People's History, translated by Sean Gasper Bye and out next week with Scribe Publications, pieces together a portrait of…

Translated by Sean Gasper Bye

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Malgorzata Szejnert

Malgorzata Szejnert

Articles by Malgorzata Szejnert

“An Immigrant Like an Automobile”