Irena Jurgielewiczowa
Irena Jurgielewiczowa (born January 13, 1903 in Działoszyn ; † May 25, 2003 in Warsaw ) was a Polish author for children and young people .
Life
Jurgielewiczowa studied Polish at the University of Warsaw , where she received her doctorate in 1928 . She also studied pedagogy at Wolna Wszechnica Polska , where she lectured in the 1930s. During the German occupation of Poland she gave seminars underground and was a soldier in the Armia Krajowa , which is why she was deported to a prisoner of war camp in Germany in 1944 . After the Second World War, she lectured at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Warsaw from 1947 to 1950. From 1950 to 1954 she was literary director of the State Theater of New Warsaw ( Państwowy Teatr Nowej Warszawy ). From 1954 she devoted herself to literary work. She was the wife of the painter Mieczysław Jurgielewicz .
Publications
Children's and young people's books (selection)
- Historia o czterech pstroczkach , 1948
- O chłopcu, który szukał domu , 1957
- Jak every malarz chciał namalować szczęśliwego motyla , 1960
- Ten Obcy , 1961
- Niespokojne godziny , 1964
- Wszystko inaczej , 1968
- Ważne i nieważne , 1971
- Inna? , 1975
memoirs
- Strategia czekania , 1982
- Byłam, byliśmy , 1998
Nominations (selection)
- 1964: Honorary list of the Hans Christian Andersen Prize for Ten Obcy
- 1998: Nomination for the Nike Literature Prize for Byłam, byliśmy
Web links
- Irena Jurgielewiczowa. In: culture.pl . Retrieved September 25, 2018 (Polish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Board on Books for Young People: Hans Christian Andersen Awards . IBBY Honor List. 1956-1980. 1980, p. 12 (English, literature.at ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jurgielewiczowa, Irena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish playwright, prose writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Działoszyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2003 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |