Ania Dykczak
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Ania Dykczak, also known as Anna Piwowarska (born 1977) is a historian
and television presenter, living in London
, United Kingdom
and Warsaw
, Poland
. She speaks and writes in Polish
and English
.
. Together, they helped form the "Crazy Horse Theatre Company", which won several awards including The Guardian
International Student Drama Award.
She and Beauman went into television, writing and presenting programmes for both adults and children, such as the Five series Heroes of History' and CBBC's 'Bring It On'.
Ania currently lives in Warsaw where she works as a writer and producer in radio, film and television.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and television presenter, living in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. She speaks and writes in Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Career
Ania went to Cambridge University, getting a degree in English literature. During her time at university she met and worked with Fran BeaumanFran Beauman
Francesca Beauman, also known as Fran Beauman is a historian and television presenter, living in both London, United Kingdom and Los Angeles, California, United States. She is the writer of two books, The Pineapple: King of Fruits and The Woman's Book: Everything but the Kitchen Sink...
. Together, they helped form the "Crazy Horse Theatre Company", which won several awards including The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
International Student Drama Award.
She and Beauman went into television, writing and presenting programmes for both adults and children, such as the Five series Heroes of History' and CBBC's 'Bring It On'.
Ania currently lives in Warsaw where she works as a writer and producer in radio, film and television.