Elżbieta Dzikowska
Polish explorer
Elżbieta Dzikowska (Międzyrzec Podlaski, 19 March 1937 as Józefa Górska) is a Polish art historian, sinologist, explorer, director and operator of documentary films, the author of many books, television programs, radio broadcasts, articles and exhibitions of contemporary art.
Along with her life partner, Tony Halik, she has made about 300 documentary films all over the world for Polish Television and hosted the popular travel television programme "Pieprz i wanilia" ("Pepper and Vanilla").
Books by Elżbieta Dzikowska
Niełatwo być Indianinem, Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, 1976, seria: "Kontynenty"
Limańskie ABC, Wydawnictwo Iskry, 1982, ISBN 83-207-0253-4
Tropem złota, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1970
Hombre, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1973
Vilcabamba - ostatnia stolica Inków, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1979
Czarownicy, Dom Słowa Polskiego, 1991, ISBN 83-207-0487-1
Polacy w sztuce świata, Rosikon Press, 2001, ISBN 83-911163-9-5 (książka wyróżniona przez Polskie Towarzystwo Wydawców Książek tytułem Najpiękniejszej Książki Roku 2000, Nagroda Główna w Konkursie Edycja oraz Nagroda Główna w Plebiscycie Dziennikarzy na Najpiękniejszą Książkę)
Groch i kapusta, czyli podróżuj po Polsce, tom 1, Rosikon Press, 2004, ISBN 83-88848-13-5
Groch i kapusta, czyli podróżuj po Polsce, tom 2, Rosikon Press, 2005, ISBN 83-88848-22-4 (nagroda Bursztynowego Motyla im. Arkadego Fiedlera za najlepszą książkę podróżniczą 2005 roku)
Groch i kapusta, czyli podróżuj po Polsce, tom 3, Rosikon Press, 2006, ISBN 83-88848-34-8
W Sztuce Świata. Polscy artyści, Rosikon Press, 2005, ISBN 83-88848-27-5
Panek-Gielniak. Życie. Przyjaźń. Sztuka. Korespondencja 1962-1972, Biblioteka Narodowa, 2005, ISBN 83-7009-588-7 (z Wiesławą Wierzchowską)
Uśmiech świata, Rosikon Press, 2006, ISBN 83-88848-44-5
Groch i kapusta. Podróżuj po Polsce!
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