Maryla Wolska
Maryla Wolska (born March 13, 1873 in Lwów , Galicia , † June 25, 1930 in Lwów) was a Polish poet who belonged to the Young Poland movement . Her pseudonym was Iwo Płomieńczyk.
life and work
Maryla Wolska was born on March 13, 1873 in Lwów. She studied painting in Munich and Paris before devoting herself entirely to poetry . She held a literary salon in her home in Lwów .
Her poetry shows characteristics typical of the fin de siècle such as pessimism and premonition of death. Wolska was also a patriotic poet. This is how she treated the composer and politician Ignacy Jan Paderewski in one of her poems . The work was written on the occasion of Paderewski's return to Poland in January 1899 and was written by her and a lesser known poet, Marian Gawalewicz . One of the stanzas written by Wolska, in which she conjured up the renewed independence of Poland with a reference to the sleeping princess, was:
“Pożar nad czołem, aw oczach mgła
Mistyczne cienie kładła.
Przed nim elegia Smutna szła
I tęsknych mar widziadła ...
Za nim się snuł marzący Tlum,
Melodia wniebowzięty,
I szedł za czarem jego dum
Przez dźwięcznych fal odmęty ...
I szedł za czarem jego słów,
Zaklętych w tony rzewne
I wołał w głos : 'O, graj! O, mów! '
I śpiącą wskrześ królewnę! '”
"The fire above his forehead and the mist in his eyes
Spread out the mystic shadows.
Before him a sorrowful elegy walked
And phantoms of lonesome spirits ...
Behind him wandered a dreamy crowd
Transfixed with heavenly melodies,
Thus they followed the charm of his song
Through the depths of sonorous waves ...
Thus they followed the charm of his words '
Spellbound into longing tones
Thus they called out loud:' Oh, play !, Oh, speak! '
And resurrect the sleeping princess! '"
This poem was only published in Kurier Warszawski on January 19, 1919, three days after Paderewski was introduced as Prime Minister, when the wish expressed in the poem had come true. In addition to patriotic issues, Wolska also helped to change the image of women. Until then, the images of the mother Poles and the freedom fighter's trusted wife existed. Wolska sat down together with other poets such as Maria Komornicka and Maria Grossek-Korycka , she created the image of women as a personality standing up for their rights and self-realization.
bibliography
- Thème Varié , Lwów 1902.
- Symfonia Jesienna , Lwów 1902.
- Święto Słońca , Lwów 1903.
- Z Ogni Kupalnych , Skole 1903.
- Swanta , Lwów 1909.
- Dziewczęta , Lwów 1910.
- Arthur i Wanda , Medyka 1928.
- Dzbanek malin , Medyka 1929.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Maja Trochimczyk: Paderewski in Poetry: Master of Harmonies or Poland's Savior? , in: Polish Music Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Summer 2001), accessed on May 10, 2016. ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gabriela Matuszek: Misogyn Discourse in European Culture around 1900 , in: Gregor Kokorz (Hrsg.): Transitions and entanglements: cultural transfers in Europe , Bern 2004, ISBN 3-03-910398-9 , pp. 147-170, 156 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolska, Maryla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lwów , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1930 |
| Place of death | Lwów |