Maria Konopnicka
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| Maria Konopnicka | |
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 Maria Konopnicka around 1885 |
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| Born | May 23, 1842 Suwałki, Congress Poland |
| Died | October 8, 1910 (aged 68) Lwów, Austria-Hungary |
| Pen name | Jan Sawa, Marko, Jan Waręż |
| Occupation | Writer, poet |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Genres | Realism |
| Notable work(s) | Rota |
Maria Konopnicka née Wasiłowska (May 23, 1842 - October 8, 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, writer for children and youth, a translator, journalist and critic, as well as an activist for women's rights and Polish independence. She used the pseudonym Jan Sawa and others. She was born in Suwałki.
Maria Konopnicka also composed a poem about the execution of the Irish patriot, Robert Emmett. Emmett was executed by the British authorities in Dublin in 1802, but Konopnicka published her poem on the topic in 1908.
Maria Konopnicka was a very controversal person for ther atheism and bisexualism[1].
She died in Lwów (modern Lviv, Ukraine) in 1910.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Poetry
- Linie i dźwięki (Lines and Sounds, 1897)
- Śpiewnik historyczny (Historical Music Book, 1904)
- Głosy ciszy (Sounds of Silence, 1906)
- Z liryk i obrazków (Lyrics and Pictures, 1909)
- Pan Balcer w Brazylii (Mister Balcer in Brazil, 1910)
[edit] Prose
- Cztery nowele (Four Short Stories, 1888).
- Moi znajomi (People I Know, 1890).
- Na drodze (On the Way, 1893).
- Ludzie i rzeczy (People and Things, 1898).
- Mendel Gdański.
[edit] For children
- Śpiewnik dla dzieci (Music Book for Children).
- O Janku Wędrowniczku (About Johnnie the Wanderer).
- O krasnoludkach i sierotce Marysi (Little Orphan Mary and the Gnomes).
- Na jagody (Picking Berries).
[edit] Poems
- Rota (Oath, 1908).
- Stefek Burczymucha.
- Wolny najmita (The Free Day Labourer).
[edit] Further reading
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- Brodzka, Alina. Maria Konopnicka, "Wiedza Powszechna", Warszawa, 1975.
- Baculewski, Jan. Śladami życia i twórczości Marii Konopnickiej, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa, 1966.
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