Maria Czapska, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maria Czapska

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1894

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1981

Profession: writer, historian, literary critic

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Maria Czapska

  • Maria Dorota Leopoldyna Czapska (6 February 1894 – 11 June 1981) was a Polish author, essayist, and historian.
  • She was born in Prague to Count Jerzy Hutten-Czapski (1861-1930), and Jozefina Thun-Hohenstein (1867-1903), and grew up in Przyluki, the family estate near Minsk.
  • Her younger brother was Józef Czapski, and her relatives included Counts Emeryk Hutten-Czapski, Emeryk August Hutten-Czapski, and Karol Hutten-Czapski.Czapska studied in Krakow from 1921 to 1925, and moved to Paris afterwards, spending the next five years there writing a biography of Adam Mickiewicz.
  • The biography, La vie de Mickiewicz, published in 1931, was used for a time as a source in establishing Mickiewicz's ethnicity and origin, which remains under speculation.
  • In 1938 she published her second work, Ludwik Sniadecka, and received the literary prize "Wiadomosci Literackich" for her efforts the following year.During World War II, Czapska lived in Poland, and was a member of the Zegota during this time; this led to her crossing the green border and moving to France in 1945, where she lived the rest of her life.
  • For a short time, Czapska helped with the startup of Tygodnik Powszechny, and after moving to France she worked on Kultura, a Polish exile magazine.
  • She was also a member of Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad.
  • During her time in exile, her works were subject to censorship, which was discovered after Tomasz Strzyzewski defected to Sweden, publishing the information which noted her name among many others.
  • Later in life, she focused on literary works, namely Dwuglos wspomnien, Europa w rodzinie, and Czas odmieniony.
  • In 2014 two of her books, A Family of Central Europe and Through the Storm were published in one book for the first time in english.

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