1. Julia Hartwig-Miedzyrzecka was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.
13 Facts About Julia Hartwig
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Julia Hartwig studied Polish and French literature at Warsaw University and continued her studies at the Catholic University of Lublin.
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Julia Hartwig published her first collection of poetry Pozegnania in 1956.
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Julia Hartwig lived in the United States from 1970 to 1974, later returning to Warsaw.
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Julia Hartwig published translations of French poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Max Jacob, Henri Michaux, and Pierre Reverdy and wrote books on Apollinaire and Gerard de Nerval.
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Julia Hartwig published translations of American poets such as Robert Bly and Marianne Moore.
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Julia Hartwig's poetry has been translated into English, French, Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Greek and German.
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Julia Hartwig was awarded the Jurzykowski Prize, the Thornton Wilder Prize from Columbia University's Translation Center and the Georg Trakl Poetry Prize.
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Julia Hartwig received six nominations for the prestigious Nike Award.
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In 1954, Julia Hartwig married the poet and activist Artur Miedzyrzecki.
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Julia Hartwig died on 14 July 2017 in Pennsylvania at the age of 95.
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Julia Hartwig's brothers were prominent photographer Edward Hartwig and medical doctor and endocrynologist Walenty Hartwig.
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Julia Hartwig is survived by her only daughter, Danielle Lehtinen, educator and artist, whom she often visited in New York City and in Pennsylvania.