Maria Konopnicka
Maria Konopnicka ne Wasiowska was a Polish poet, novelist, writer for children and youth, a translator, journalist and critic, as well as an activist for womens rights and Polish independence. She used the pseudonym Jan Sawa and others. She was one of the most important Polish poets of the positivism in Poland period.
Konopnicka was born in Suwaki on May 23, 1842. Her father, Jzef Wasiowski, was a lawyer. She received home education, and spend a year at a pension of Sisters of Eucharistic Adoration Monastery in Warsaw .
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