1. Maria Kuncewiczowa was a Polish writer and novelist.
14 Facts About Maria Kuncewiczowa
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Maria Kuncewiczowa was born on October 30,1895, in Samara, Russian Empire.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa's parents had been exiled to Russia for involvement in the January 1863 Polish Insurrection, and the family returned to Warsaw when she was 2 years old.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa's parents were members of the Polish intelligentsia class, or the impoverished educated class.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa's mother was a violist who gave up her career to raise a family, which was one thing that drew Kuncewiczowa to music in her early life.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa studied music and literature in Krakow, Warsaw and Paris before she chose a literary vocation.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa published her first work, Pro Arte et Studio, in 1918 under her maiden name.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa had published under pseudonyms for the magazine Le Lierre.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa began working with the Polish PEN Club in the early 1920s, publishing translations of major works in foreign languages.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa remained an active member of the PEN Club for the rest of her life.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa's major breakout was in 1927 when she published her first collection of short stories, Przymierze z Dzieckiem, which is a collection that explores birth, motherhood, the connection between a mother and her child.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa drew inspiration for this novel from her mother, who gave up her career as a violinist to raise a family.
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Maria Kuncewiczowa left Poland with her husband in 1939 after the German invasion.
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In 1989, the University of Maria Kuncewiczowa Curie-Sklodowska awarded her the title of doctor honoris causa.