Kieślowski on Kieślowski
The best starting point for Stok's film-related nonfiction and editorial-interview work.
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Danusia Stok is an English-born and educated translator and editor specializing in Polish literature and film. After marrying in 1976, she lived in Poland for five years before settling in London. She edited and interviewed Krzysztof Kieślowski for Kieślowski on Kieślowski and authored Polish in Three Months, a self-study Polish-language course. Her other book credits are primarily translations, which are excluded from this authored bibliography.
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A Faber & Faber publishing series devoted to books about film and filmmakers.
Book 1 · nonfiction interview · 1993
Baseret på en række interviews, hvor den polske filminstruktør Krzysztof Kieślowski (f. 1941) fortæller om sit liv og i særdeleshed beskriver arbejdet med de enkelte dokumentar- og spillefilm
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A publisher series of self-study language courses designed for learners seeking practical conversational competence.
Book 1 · language textbook · 1995
Danusia Stok was an English-born and educated professional translator, editor, interviewer, and writer, known for bringing Polish literature and film to English-speaking readers.
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Stok was born and educated in England. After marrying in 1976, she spent five years in Poland and later lived in London, giving her career a strong English-Polish cultural connection.
Her years in Poland positioned her to work as a bridge between Polish and English-speaking cultures, particularly through literary translation and language-related writing.
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She interviewed and translated Kieślowski’s reflections, and edited Kieślowski on Kieślowski, a book presenting the director’s thoughts on his life, films, and artistic ideas.
She translated Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Last Wish and Blood of Elves into English, helping make the early Witcher books available to English-language readers.
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