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Zofia Nałkowska
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| Born | 10 November 1884 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 December 1954 (aged 70) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Notable works | Granica (Boundary) Medaliony (Medallions) |
Zofia Nałkowska ([ˈzɔfia nawˈkɔvska], 10 November 1884, in Warsaw, Congress Poland – 17 December 1954, in Warsaw) was a Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (1933–1939) during the interwar period.
Biography
Nałkowska was born into a family of intellectuals dedicated to issues of social justice, and studied at the clandestine Flying University under the Russian partition. Upon Poland's return to independence she became one of the country's most distinguished feminist writers of novels, novellas and stage-plays characterized by socio-realism and psychological depth.
Literary output
Nałkowska's first literary success was the Romans Teresy Hennert (The Romance of Teresa Hennert, 1923) followed by a slew of popular novels. She is best known for her books Granica (Boundary, 1935), the Węzły życia (Bonds of Life, 1948) and Medaliony (Medallions, 1947).
Tribute
On November 10, 2014, Google celebrated her 130th birthday with a Google Doodle.
Works
Novels
- Kobiety (Women, 1906), translated by Michael Henry Dziewicki, 1920
- Książę (The Prince, 1907)
- Rówieśnice (Contemporaries, 1909)
- Narcyza (1911)
- Noc podniebna (Heavenly night, novella, 1911)
- Węże i róże (Snakes and roses, 1914)
- Hrabia Emil (Count Emil, 1920)
- Na torfowiskach (At the bogs, 1922)
- Romans Teresy Hennert (The Romance of Teresa Hennert, 1923), translated by Megan Thomas and Ewa Malachowska-Pasek, 2014
- Dom nad łąkami (House upon the meadows, autobiography, 1925)
- Choucas (1927), translated by Ursula Phillips, 2014 (winner of the Found in Translation Award 2015)
- Niedobra miłość (Bad love, 1928)
- Granica (Boundary, 1935), translated by Ursula Phillips, 2016
- Niecierpliwi (Anxious,1938)
- Węzły życia (Living ties, 1948)
- Mój ojciec (My father, 1953)
Short stories
- Medaliony (Medallions, 1946), a collection of 8 short stories about German World War II atrocities in occupied Poland, translated by Diana Kuprel, 2000
Stage plays
- Dom kobiet (1930)
- Dzień jego powrotu (1931) (The Day of his Return, translated by Marja Slomczanka, performed 1931)
- Renata Słuczańska (1935)
See also
In Spanish: Zofia Nałkowska para niños
- Feminism in Poland
- List of feminist literature
