- Source: Roma Ligocka
Roma Ligocka (born Roma Liebling, 13 November 1938) is a Polish writer, and painter.
She was born in a Jewish family in Kraków a year before World War II. During the German occupation of Poland, her family was persecuted by the Germans - her father was incarcerated, first in the Płaszów and then Auschwitz concentration camps. In 1940, she was taken with her mother to the Kraków Ghetto but, before the end of the ghetto in 1943, they fled and hid with a Polish family. After World War II, she studied painting and scenic design in the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Then, she worked with considerable success in theatre, film, and television as a set designer. In 1965, she and her husband, Jan Biczycki, left the Communist Poland and moved to Munich, Germany, where she continued with her set design assignments.
Roma Ligocka is Roman Polanski's cousin.
Novels
She has written several novels, some of them reflecting her biography:
The Girl in the Red Coat (Dziewczynka w czerwonym płaszczyku)
Znajoma z lustra
Kobieta w podróży
Tylko ja sama (originally published in German)
Wszystko z miłości
Her novel, The Girl in the Red Coat, was inspired by Steven Spielberg's movie, Schindler's List. After watching the movie, she recognized herself as a Jewish child that wore a red coat.
References
External links
Roma Ligocka and her writing - a website created by her publisher (Polish)
Bibliography of Roma Ligocka Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine - National Library of Poland
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roma Ligocka
- Roma (given name)
- The Girl in the Red Coat
- Ligocki
- Schindler's List
- Kraków Ghetto
- Roman Polanski
- List of people from Kraków
- Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
- Margot Bettauer Dembo
