Maria Konopnicka

Maria Konopnicka
Maria Konopnicka around 1885
Born	May 23, 1842(1842-05-23) Suwałki, Congress Poland
Died	October 8, 1910(1910-10-08) (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 nee Wasiłowska (used the pseudonym Jan Sawa and others) (born May 23, 1842 in Suwałki, died October 8, 1910 in Lwów), 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.

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.

Works

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)

Prose

Maria Konopnicka's grave in Lwów. Sculpture by Luna Drexlerówna.

• 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.

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).

Poems

• Rota (Oath, 1908).
• Stefek Burczymucha.
• Wolny najmita (The Free Day Labourer).

Further reading

• Brodzka, Alina. Maria Konopnicka, "Wiedza Powszechna", Warszawa, 1975.
• Baculewski, Jan. Śladami życia i twórczości Marii Konopnickiej, Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza, Warszawa, 1966.

Persondata
Name	Konopnicka, Maria
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	23 May 1842
Place of birth	Suwałki, Congress Poland
Date of death	8 October 1910
Place of death	Lwów, Austria-Hungary