In 2003 the author, together with her partner Piotr Pietucha wrote Scenes from Extramarital Life. Polka (Polish woman) (2001) was the writer's pregnancy journal, while Europejka (European Woman) (2004) presents a humorous view of a changing Poland through the eyes of Gretkowska the intellectual. Alan Cumming Talks Playing Cabaret's Emcee. Gretkowska's newest work is more personal, almost intimiate prose. Sienna Miller Gets a Sardi’s Surprise See the Unveiling of the Cabaret Star’s New Portrait. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the first season of the TV series Miasteczko (Small Town) (2000). In 1997, Gretkowska moved to Sweden, where she published several collected stories in the book Namiętnik (The Passionate One) (1998), notes from her world travels in Światowidz (World-View) (1998), and her columns, under the collective title Silikon (Silicon) (2000). In 1996, Gretkowska wrote a screenplay for the Andrzej Żuławski film Szamanka (She-Shaman). In this period, the writer earned the title of "scandalist" and "postmodernist." Manuela Gretkowska's prose eschewed grandiose language, more similar to the ease and austerity of the essay. Skull: The First and Last Volume (1996) connects gnosis, kabbala, the character of Mary Magdalene and the skull motif in global culture. Gretkowska's next three books described the life of a modern artistic-intellectual bohemian living in France: Paris Tarot (1993), Metaphysical Cabaret (1994), and Textbook for people. Gretkowska's literary debut was the novel We Are Immigrants Here (My zdies' emigranty) (1991), in which she ironically described the experiences of the young generation leaving Poland. It was France where she wrote her first short stories. In 1988 she left Poland to live in Paris, where she studied anthropology at École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Gretkowska studied philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
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