Karolina Lewestam
Polish philosopher and author (born 1979)
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Karolina Aldona Lewestam (born October 20, 1979) is a Polish philosopher, children's book author, and member of the editorial board of the magazine Pismo.
Karolina Lewestam | |
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| Born | October 20, 1979 |
| Occupations | publicist, philosopher, lecturer |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Thesis | The Hare and the Tortoise: Problems with the Notion of Action in Ethics (2012) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allen Speight |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Website | lewestam |
Education
Lewestam was born on October 20, 1979.[1] She was an only child, and has described her early childhood as lonely. She became interested in reading from a young age.[2]
Lewestam graduated from the University of Warsaw with a Bachelor's degree in sociology and a Master's degree in philosophy as part of the Interdisciplinary Individual Humanities Studies (1998–2004). She was a holder of the Minister of National Education scholarship three times. In 2002–2003 she studied at Bard College Berlin in Berlin, Germany.[3] From 2006–2013 she studied at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.[4] where in 2014 she defended her thesis, written under the supervision of Allen Speight, PhD in ethics, The Hare and the Tortoise: Problems with the Notion of Action in Ethics.[5][6]
Career
Lewestam worked as an assistant at the University of Warsaw (2004–2006) and at Boston University (2008–2011).[4] She was a member of the Board of Trustees[7][8] and a lecturer (2002–2004) at Collegium Invisibile. She taught at a secondary school in Warsaw in 2002.[4]
She worked as a copywriter for 4fun.tv (2004), and for Telewizja Polska as editor of "The Summa of Events" (2004–2005), and at an advertising agency (2004–2006).[4] She was also associated with PAFF and UW School of Education.[9] She has published columns in the monthly publications Pismo,[10] Dziennik Gazeta Prawna,[11] and Gazeta Wyborcza.[12][13]
She was awarded the Polish Academy of Sciences award for the best essay in 1997.[4] She was nominated five times for the Grand Press award in the journalism category (2015,[14] 2016 ,[15] 2017,[16] 2018,[17] 2020[18]).
Her 2021 book, Mała księżniczka (The Little Princess), is a reinterpretation of the 1943 novella The Little Prince; changes include the introduction of a female protgonist and having Amelia Earhart be the book's narrator.[19]
Her book, Dragon Shepherds, was awarded the EMPiK Discovery 2022.[20]
Her 2023 novel Silla, and its 2024 sequel, Strażniczka perły, are fantasy novels set in the arctic.[2][21] Lewestam received the 2024 Hestia Literary Journey Award for Silla.[22][2]
Personal life
Lewestam has three children.[23] Following the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Lewestam and her husband hosted some displaced Ukrainians in their home.[24] She is a feminist.[25]
Book publications
- Lewestam, Karolina (2009). Bajki o Kubuś. Katowice: Association of Publishing Initiatives: Upper Silesian Cultural Center. p. 46. ISBN 9788392185192.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Czetwertyńska, Grażyna; Krawczyk, Magdalena; Lewestam, Karolina (2008). An idea for a classy school...: project guide. Warsaw: Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej. p. 124. ISBN 9788389623355.
- Lewestam, Karolina (2022). Dragon Shepherds: parents against the world (1st ed.). Wołowiec: Wydawnictwo Czarne. ISBN 978-83-8191-406-2. OCLC 1303139753.
Novels
- Lewestam, Karolina (2021). Mała księżniczka [The Little Princess]. Warsaw: W.A.B. ISBN 9788328092785.[19]
- Silla. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Agora. 2023. ISBN 978-83-268-4156-9.[26]
- Strażniczka perły [Guardian of the Pearl].[27]
Co-authored
- Lewestam, K.; Masłoń, A. (2023). Pamiętnik Magdy Kot [Magda Kot's Diary]. Warsaw: W.A.B. ISBN 9788328096851.