Joanna Bankier, American writer, scholar, translator. Grantee University Paris, 1964-1969; fellow American Association of University Women, 1976-1977; scholar Swedish Writers' Union, 1978, 80. Member Modern Language Association (executive committee division teaching literature since 1991), American Literature Translators Association (conference planning committee 1980-1988).
Bankier, Joanna was born on June 19, 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in Sweden, 1946. Daughter of Leon Arje and Maria Masza (Nowomiast) Bankier.
Licence in letters, University Paris IV, 1966. Diploma in letters, University Paris IV, 1967. Secondary education teaching certified, University Paris IV.

Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, University California, Berkeley, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, University California, Berkeley, 1985.