Lidia Ziemnicka-Otto Arts Journalist Photographer Author Poet Essayist

	
	 



		


	THE AUTHOR    

	


	Lidia Ziemnicka-Otto is an internationally published poet, 
	literary fiction writer, essayist and photographer. 
	Lidia started writing early, as a nine year old child 
	she wrote her first adventure novel. Soon after she began 
	to write poetry which she never abandoned. 
	Her poems have been published in literary magazines.
	 
	Lidia started her professional career as an English teacher 
	and a scientific researcher, then she taught literature, 
	five languages, mathematics and art. She continued her 
	business career as a technical translator and an editor. 
	Since 2004 Lidia Ziemnicka-Otto dedicates herself fully 
	to writing. 
	
	As an arts writer focusing on literature, art, classical 
	music, culture and science, Lidia contributes to print 
	and online publications. Her own website, www.lidiaotto.com,
	is Lidia's favourite place to publish online. 
	She has poetry collections and several fictional works 
	for the forthcoming publications.
	
	Lidia Ziemnicka-Otto is a member of English PEN 
	and German Federation of Journalists.
	She is married with two grown daughters and lives 
	in Cologne.




	PUBLICATIONS   


	Forthcoming major publications will be detailed on this 
	website.

	Lidia's essays, features and articles have been published 
	in literary, classical music and cultural magazines and 
	until 2015 appeared under the name Lidia Otto. 
	A major essay on the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff found 
	its place in the musicology collections in the university 
	libraries. 

	    Lidia Otto: Pianist oder Komponist? - Beides!
            Plädoyer für die Anerkennung von Sergej Rachmaninow 
            als Komponist
            [Pianist or Composer? - Both!
            A Plea of the Acknowledgement of Sergei Rachmaninoff
            as a Composer].PianoNews 6/2004, Germany, Austria, 
            Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg 

	Lidia's poetry has been published in literary magazines. 
	The first poems appeared in Zycie Literackie, a prestigious
	literary magazine. 

	    Lidia Ziemnicka: Moja Warszawa [My Warsaw]. 1972
	    Lidia Ziemnicka: Ars Poetica. 1973

	Her poetry has been read and performed at many literary 
	and several music events.