Sabina Jakubowska

{{Short description|Polish writer and midwife}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

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Sabina Jakubowska (born 1974){{cite web |title=Jakubowska, Sabina (1974-) |url=https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810700202705606 |website=Deskryptory Biblioteki Narodowej |access-date=7 May 2024}} is a Polish writer, archaeologist and doula. She was born in Brzesko,{{cite news |last1=Wójcik |first1=Konrad |title=Pół roku z Akuszerkami – rozmowa z Sabiną Jakubowską |url=https://mok-brzesko.pl/wywiady/pol-roku-z-akuszerkami-rozmowa-z-sabina-jakubowska/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=MOK Brzesko |date=September 2022 |language=pl-PL}} and has a PhD in humanities from Jagiellonian University.{{Cite web |title=Sabina Jakubowska |publisher=EU Prize for Literature |url=https://euprizeliterature.eu/author/sabina-jakubowska |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=euprizeliterature.eu}} Her books have been widely acclaimed, among them the young adult novel Dom na Wschodniej and her debut novel for adults Akuszerki (The Midwives). The latter, which draws on her long family history of midwifery, was nominated for the 2023 EU Prize for Literature.{{Cite web |last=Sańczuk |first=Anna |date=2023-04-01 |title=„Akuszerki” Sabiny Jakubowskiej: Głośna powieść prawnuczki wiejskich akuszerek |url=https://www.vogue.pl/a/o-swojej-powiesci-akuszerki-opowiada-sabina-jakubowska |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Vogue Polska |language=pl}}{{cite news |last1=Szczerba |first1=Jacek |title="Akuszerki" Sabiny Jakubowskiej wśród nominowanych do Nagrody Literackiej Unii Europejskiej |url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,75410,29538470,akuszerki-sabiny-jakubowskiej-wsrod-nominowanych-do-nagrody.html |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=Wyborcza |date=8 March 2024 |language=pl}}