Domanska, Janina (1912–1995)
Domanska, Janina (1912–1995)
Polish-American children's writer and illustrator. Born 1912 in Warsaw, Poland; died Feb 2, 1995, in Naples, Florida; dau. of Wladyslaw Domanski (engineer) and Jadwiga (Muszynska) Domanska (writer); studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; m. Jerzy Laskowski (writer), 1953.
During WWII, interned in concentration camp in Western Poland, but rescued by a Polish doctor; immigrated to US (1952), becoming a citizen (1964); worked in NY as a textile designer; translated or wrote and self-illustrated over 22 books and illustrated over 20 books by others; works include If All the Seas Were One Sea (1971) and King Krakus and the Dragon (1979).
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