Maria Julia Zaleska

Maria Julia Zaleska de domo Perłowska (1831 in Medwedówka near the Chyhyryn – April 10, 1889 in Warsaw) was a Polish writer, prosaist and publicist. Editor of weekly magazine Wieczory Rodzinne [Family evenings] (since 1880).

Zaleska was an author of pioneer and widely read popular science belletristic talks Wieczory czwartkowe [Thursday evenings] (1871), Wędrówki po niebie i ziemi [Wander through the sky and the ground] (1873), Obraz świata roślinnego [Scene of a plant world] (1875), Przygody młodego podróżnika w Tatrach [Adventures of the young traveller in Tatra Mountains] (1882). She was also an author of science-fiction novel Niezgodni królewicze [Dissident princes] (1889), adaptations Młody wygnaniec [Young exile] (based on themes of James Fenimore Cooper works; 1889) and Mieszkaniec puszczy [Wildernessian] (based on themes of Richard Roth works; 1894).

References

• "Zaleska Maria Julia" (in Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000053. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 
• "Zaleska Maria Julia" (in Polish). WIEM Encyclopedia. http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/68175,,,,zaleska_maria_julia,haslo.html. Retrieved 2007-09-22. 

Persondata
Name	Zaleska, Maria Julia
Alternative names
Short description	writer
Date of birth	1831
Place of birth	Medwedówka near the Chyhyryn, Ukraine
Date of death	April 10, 1889
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland