Maria Konopnicka

poet, novelist, writer for children, critic, publicist and translator.

She was born on May 23, 1842 in Suwałki, as a daughter of Józef Wasiłowski, lawyer, patron of the civil tribunal and Scholastica from Tursk. In September 1849, the family moved to Kalisz, where the future poet spent her childhood and youth. In 1870 she made her debut in "Kaliszanin" with the poem "In the winter morning". She devoted three urban poetry to the city, which she recognized as her family: two titled "Kalisz" (1888 and 1907) and "To my city" (1897).

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