joni
Freshman Pole
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Post by joni on Aug 20, 2013 11:33:50 GMT -7
Hello,
I've just joined the forum. I'm a first generation Polish American; my father, mother and sister were all born in Poland. My father had a very interesting history with the Polish Foreign Service before and during the beginning of the war.
I stumbled upon this forum a while back while doing a Google search with a question. I now have a different question. I have several issues of "Poland Illustrated Magazine" from the mid-1970s and am wondering whether anyone has any historical information about this magazine. I am not able to find any kind of info elsewhere online.
Would appreciate any assistance with this or if you can point me to any resources which might have information.
Thank you!
~Joan
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Post by Eric on Aug 20, 2013 13:13:09 GMT -7
Welcome to the forum, Joni!
Regarding the "Poland Illustrated Magazine," I've never seen one in person, but it is most likely similar to other magazines published in Warsaw Pact countries for the purposes of informing foreign readers about culture, life, and so on, in the country of publication. The USSR had one called "Soviet Life," and other countries had them, too. It certainly would have been for foreign readers (in capitalist and/or socialist countries) and not for domestic publication.
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Post by Jaga on Aug 20, 2013 13:13:23 GMT -7
Joni,
welcome! I was not here in 70s. Is "Poland Illustrated Magazine" written in Enlish? What company did print it or what organization?
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Post by floclowes on Aug 21, 2013 9:32:18 GMT -7
Welcome to the forum, Joni! Regarding the "Poland Illustrated Magazine," I've never seen one in person, but it is most likely similar to other magazines published in Warsaw Pact countries for the purposes of informing foreign readers about culture, life, and so on, in the country of publication. The USSR had one called "Soviet Life," and other countries had them, too. It certainly would have been for foreign readers (in capitalist and/or socialist countries) and not for domestic publication. I use to receive a subscription in the '70's It was an oversized magazine,in English, with colorful pictures and lots of history simply written. The illustrations wee marvelous. I would like to tell the reads about Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm. I have reviewed several of her books and this latest one is the best ever. MELCHIOR WANKOWICZ, Poland's Master of the Written Word, (Lexington Books)is a biography of this journalist, author and poet. He began his career writing about the war front, especially at Monte Cassino, where he captured the attention of the Polish readership with his vivid descriptions of the ordinary warrior. He lived in America for 10 years after the war, moving back to Poland in 1956, standing up to the Communist rules about censorship. The author was his personal secretary in the last years of his life and had access to much of his writings and many books. Flo Clowes
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Post by Jaga on Apr 2, 2014 11:48:50 GMT -7
Guys,
just wanted to tell you that Mrs. Florence Clowes, the one who posted a message in this thread and in many others passed away a couple of months ago. She was very active in Polish-American Journal reviewing many Polish books. She came here and offer to sell some of the books which she had to review. She was very devoted to Polish causes, Polish literature.
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Post by pieter on Apr 2, 2014 14:07:42 GMT -7
That she may rest in peace. She must have been important for the Polonia in America who were interested in Polish culture and literature. The Polish Diaspora in the USA lost a precious advocate of Polish causes and literature.
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Post by karl on Apr 2, 2014 19:19:24 GMT -7
Although I did not know Mrs. Florence Clowes, non the less, it sad this news of her passing. Of these things, I am not very smart, nor of proper words for to say. It is of some hope with trust, the following, will some how bring of her memory to those that knew her. I do humbly offer the following:
Psalm 103:13-16
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
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Karl
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Post by kaima on Apr 2, 2014 22:35:06 GMT -7
Although I did not know Mrs. Florence Clowes, A quick Google of her name brought up her obituary, and it sounds as if she led a full life and would have been an interesting person to know. R.I.P. Kai
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Post by Jaga on Apr 2, 2014 23:33:49 GMT -7
Thank you all for nice words about her and her life. When she contacted me and us I did not realize that she might be sick and may disappear so quick. Kai, I went after you and I find interesting episode of her life: She was president of the Killingly/Brooklyn Women's Club, Director of the Webster Senior Center and owned and operated her decorating business, Tunk City Workshop, Danielson CT, for 26 years. She entered the Peace Corps at age 65 following her husband's death and served in Jamaica. At the age of 82, Florence took a trip to China where she visited friends. She moved to Jupiter, FL in 1994, and later to Vero Beach, FL., where she lived with her daughter Susan Marshall and her family. In Florida she became active in the American Red Cross, as a Disaster Action Team captain and a Reserve Staff Services Manager. With Red Cross and FEMA, Florence worked at many disasters throughout the country and in Guam. Her first published article was in Playboy Magazine, with a Polish folktale which she discovered while attending Ethnological Studies in Kielce, Poland. While in Florida she wrote two books related to her Polish identity and two mysteries co-authored with her friend, Lois Blackburn. from: www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/846295/Clowes-Florence.php
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