Alicja Gescinska
Alicja Gescinska
Alicja Gescinska (b. Warsaw, 1981) is one of the most prominent young philosophers of Belgium and the Netherlands. Her book The Conquest of Freedom (2011) was universally praised. In 1988 she fled communist Poland with her family and settled in Belgium, where she gained her doctorate in philosophy at the University of Ghent. She has worked at Princeton University and since 2014 at Amherst College.
Recent title – English material
Thuis in muziek (At Home in Music), 2018
Een soort van liefde (A Kind of Love), 2016
Press on A Kind of Love:
A Kind of Love is a beautiful, thoroughly successful novel. Gescinska is gifted storyteller. – TZUM
Gescinska stands out immediately for her erudition, intelligence and enthusiasm. – DE MORGEN
Titles
- At Home in Music , 2018
- Een soort van liefde (A Kind of Love), 2016
- De verovering van de vrijheid (The Conquest of Freedom), 2011