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Jane Rogoyska

Jane Rogoyska is British writer of Polish origin, best known for her books Surviving Katyn (2022 Mark Lynton History Prize winner),[1] Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa,[2][3][4][5] and Kozlowski (2020 Desmond Elliott Prize longlist).[6]

Jane Rogoyska
Occupationwriter, filmmaker
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
EducationCambridge University
Notable worksGerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa
Notable awardsMark Lynton History Prize (2022)
Website
janerogoyska.com

Background

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Rogoyska studied at the Łódź Film School (here, circa 2010)

Rogoyska studied Modern & Medieval Languages (French & Italian) at Christ’s College, Cambridge University and went on to complete an MA in Film production at the Northern Film School (Leeds) and Polish National Film School (Łodź).[2][4] Her Polish grandfather served in Intelligence during the 1910s-1920s and, as deputy director of the Bank of Poland at the beginning of World War II, fled with his family on a government train that helped take gold secretly out of the country.[7] Rogoyska's father was educated in the UK; her mother was British. Rogoyska grew up in London and learned Polish as an adult.[7]

Career

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Rogoyska wrote a book about Gerda Taro (here, on the Guadalajara front, circa July 1937)

Rogoyska worked extensively as a filmmaker until 2011, when she shifted direction to focus on her own research and writing. She writes mainly about 20th-century European history, with a particular interest in the turbulent period from the 1930s to the Cold War.[2][3] Her first book, Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa (Jonathan Cape, 2013), was the first English-language biography of the German photojournalist who died, aged 26, while reporting on the Battle of Brunete during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Her 2021 book Surviving Katyn is a comprehensive study of the history of the 1940 Katyn Massacre examined from the perspective of both victims and survivors. The book was awarded the prestigious Columbia School of Journalism Mark Lynton History Prize 2022,[1] was longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022 and won Honourable Mentions in the Witold Pilecki International Book Award 2022 and the Polish Government’s History Competition for Best Foreign Language Publication about Poland’s History 2022.[8][9] Rogoyska’s research into the Katyń Massacre also led to her first novel, Kozłowski (longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2020), and Still Here: A Polish Odyssey, which she wrote and presented for BBC Radio 4 in 2018. During her research on Katyń, Rogoyska discovered that her own great-uncle, Ludwik Rynkowski, was one of the victims of the massacre.<ref=BBC-StillHere> Rogoyska, Jane (2018). Still Here: A Polish Odyssey. BBC Sounds. Retrieved 9 May 2021.</ref>

During her research on Katyń, Rogoyska discovered that her own great-uncle, Ludwik Rynkowski, was one of the victims of the massacre.<ref=BBC-StillHere/>

Rogoyska has worked frequently with the UK’s leading charity for writers, the Royal Literary Fund, developing educational and promotional content for them and serving as a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the University of Greenwich (2013-14), the Royal College of Music (2015-16), The School of Advanced Studies at the University of London (2016-17) and The Courtauld Institute (2023-24).[10] She is a tutor of Narrative Non-Fiction on the Creative Writing Course at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge.[11]

Works

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Rogoyska has written about her ancestral Poland, most recently about the 1940 Katyn Massacre (here, map of massacre sites)
Books
Radio & Theatre
  • Still Here: A Polish Odyssey (2018)[4]<ref=BBC-StillHere/>
  • Shooting with Light (2015-2016)
Short Films (writer/director)
  • Not Waving - Arcane Pictures (2001)
  • Funeral of the Last Gypsy King - Arcane Pictures/London Production Fund (1999)
  • Waiting for the Light - Tin Fish Films (1998)
  • A Quiet Laugh - PWSFT/NSFTV/STO Films (1996)
  • I Don’t - NSFTV/FUJI Scholarship (1995)

Awards

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Book Awards
Short Film Awards
  • 1999: for Funeral of the Last Gypsy King:
    • Best Short Film (San Diego International Film Festival)
    • Special Jury Prize (Festival de Cine de Huesca)
    • Audience Award (International Short Film Festival of Siena
  • 1996: for A Quiet Laugh: Special Jury Prize (Balticum Festival)
  • 1995: for I Don’t:
    • BAFTA nomination
    • MGM prize (Fuji Scholarship Competition)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lukas Prizes". Columbia University - School of Journalism. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Jane Rogoyska". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Jane Rogoyska". One World. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Jane Rogoyska". Holland House Books. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Jane Rogoyska". David Highham Associates. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 longlist revealed". National Writing Centre. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "About". Jane Rogoyska. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b "The Witold Pilecki International Book Award 2022. The awards ceremony". Instytut Pileckiego. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Results of Foreign Minister's History Competition for best publications promoting the history of Polish diplomacy and Poland announced". Government of Poland. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Writer - Jane Rogoyska". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) - Jane Rogoyska". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  12. ^ Rogoyska, Jane (May 2021). Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth. Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  13. ^ Rogoyska, Jane (May 2021). Surviving Katyn: Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth. OneWorld. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  14. ^ "New book about Katyń massacre aims to reveal extent of cover up for English readers". Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. ^ Czesław Siegieda (April 2022). "Jane Rogoyska (essay), Martin Parr (foreword)". Polska Britannica. RRB Photobooks. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  16. ^ Rogoyska, Jane (2019). Kozlowski. Holland House Books. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  17. ^ Wyatt, Caroline (17 May 2019). "Caroline Wyatt reviews KOZŁOWSKI by Jane Rogoyska". European Literature Network. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  18. ^ Rogoyska, Jane (2013). Gerda Taro: Inventing Robert Capa. Jonathan Cape. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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