Maria Krüger
, 1904 - 1999
A writer, journalist, economist. Graduated from the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of Warsaw; alumna of the Academy of Political Science in Warsaw. During WW2, she participated in the Warsaw Uprising (1944). She began publishing for children and teenagers in children’s periodicals such as “Płomyczek,” “Dziatwa,” “Słonko,” “Świerszczyk,” “Płomyk.” She proposed the idea and wrote texts for the television show Miś z okienka [Teddy Bear at the Window]. Her books have been translated into foreign languages and adapted for films. She is best known for her novel Karolcia [Charlotte], 1959.
Sources:
"Maria Krüger", in Elżbieta Zarych, ed., Słownik pisarzy polskich, Kraków: Krakowskie Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 2008, 253.
"Maria Krüger", in Jadwiga Czachowska and Alicja Szałagan, eds., Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury. Słownik biobibliograficzny, vol. 4: K, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, 1996, 387–389.
"Maria Krüger", in Lesław M. Bartelski, Polscy pisarze współcześni 1939–1991. Leksykon, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1995, 207.
Maria Krüger, wikipedia.org (accessed: December 28, 2020).
Maria Krüger, encyklopediafantastyki.pl (accessed: December 28, 2020).
Bio prepared by Gabriela Rogowska, University of Warsaw, g.rogowska@al.uw.edu.pl
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