Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm

She attended the V Liceum ogólnokształcące im. W.Reymonta in her native Łódź. After this she studied five years of Polish language and literature at the University of Łódź. After her Master's degree, she completed a Ph.D in humanistic studies in Warsaw University. As a university student, she published her short stories and articles in Łódź and Warsaw newspapers and periodicals. She began her writing career as an assistant to Melchior Wańkowicz, a prominent Polish writer. For her help and research with his latest book, Wańkowicz dedicated that book to her, and in his will, he bequeathed all his archives to her. In the years 1977-1981 she was a member of the Repertoire of the Polish Television Theater. She created the scenario for 2 Korpus w piosenkach Ref-Rena, a musical, for Warsaw TV in 1991. She appeared in four documentaries dedicated to: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Stanley Haidasz, Melchior Wańkowicz, and her own uncle Korczak Ziółkowski. From 1981–83, she resided in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the recipient of three writing scholarships. Since April 1990, she has lived permanently in the United States, in Wilmington, Delaware, spending nine years in Texas (Houston and Dallas).

Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (born 15 April 1949, in Łódź, Poland), is a Polish-born U.S.-based writer and academic. She obtained her Ph.D in Humanistic studies at the Warsaw University. Her works include historical biographies, the current outlook of Native Americans, autobiographical stories of her travels, Ingrid Bergman, and cats.

The chapter of "Kaia Heroine of the 1944 Warsaw Rising" (title: "NKVD Camp No. 41 in Ostashkov") appeared in the Ukrainian translation in the magazine "Журнал Київ" nr 11–12, 2018, translated by Teodozja Zariwna. Excerpts from the book "The Polish Experience Through World War II: A Better Day Has Not Come” appeared in the Ukrainian translation in the magazine ВСЕСВІТ ("Wseswit", Київ/Kyiv), nr 3–4,2020, translated by Valentyna Sobol. Excerpts from the books "Love for Family, Friends and Books”, “Dreams and Reality Polish Canadian Identities”, "Canada, Canada ..." appeared in German in anthology (NORDOST-ARCHIV, Luneburg, Germany / Neue Folge Band VIII )1999, translated by Hans-Christian Trepte. The chapter of the book: "Open Wounds of America" (title: "The Sadness of Reservations") appeared in the Portuguese translation ("A tristeza das reservas") in the academic journal LATINIDADE (11-Numero 2 - Julho-Dezemnro 2019), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Translated by Tomasz Łychowski.

Ziółkowska-Boehm is the daughter of Henryk Ziółkowski (1916–1992) and Antonina (née Laśkiewicz; 1922–2009). She has two brothers, Henryk (born 1946) and Krzysztof (born 1950).