| Biog: |
EUGENIA JENNY WILLIAMS was born in 1936 in Kosice, then in Hungary later in Czechoslovakia, now in the Slovak Republic. After the occupation by USSR Jenny and her family escaped illegally to Vienna, where they lived while waiting to be admitted to Australia. In 1969 she arrived in Australia, Tasmania.
During her thirty-three years in Australia Jenny has worked in a variety of jobs as a washer upper, laboratory analyst, and a public servant in the customer service at the Hydro. Jenny began writing. In 1995 Jenny received a grant from Arts Tasmania for the editing of her novel, YENNI - A Life Between Worlds, which was published in 2002.
About the book:
YENNI is an autocb_biographical novel about growing up, learning, maturing, taking charge, the survival of an ordinary person in extraordinary circumstances with a happy ending.
It tells of the Second World War, liberalisation, shifting borders, clashes of cultures and ideologies, occupation, illegal escape and emigration.
YENNI talks about the culture and tradition of countries, about the rhythm of life which is unknown in the technically developed West, but also about Yenni??s private struggle with the regime and her marriage.
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| Current Projects: |
Jenny has finished the second part of her autocb_biography and submitted it to a publisher for consideration.
Her third book- fictional novel about a man of Gypsy origin is also under the consideration of a publisher. |
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