Photograph from Zawadzka, Anna and Zofia Zawadzka, Z pamiętników i wspomnień harcerek Warszawy 1939–1945, Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1983, retrieved from the Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Maria Kann
, 1906 - 1995
A writer, author of children’s books, scouting activist and WW2 Resistance fighter. After the war she was arrested and jailed for her involvement in Polish independence organizations banned by the Communist regime (she was a member of Armia Krajowa [Home Army]). In 1932 she began writing essays for periodicals connected to scouting. From 1946 to 1952 she worked also as an editor at the publishing house “Czytelnik.” Author of many novels, such as: Niebo herosów i bogów. Literackie wyprawy w kosmos – Część I [Heaven of Heroes and Gods. Literary Expeditions into Space – Part I], 1947; Pilot gotów? [Ready, Pilot?], 1947; Baśń o zaklętym kaczorze [A Fairytale about an Enchanted Male Duck], 1957; Niebo nieznane [Heaven Unknown], 1964, or Granice świata [The Borders of the World], published posthumously 2000.
Source:
Zabłocka, Grażyna, "Marii Kann granice świata", Podkowiański Magazyn Kulturalny 39, (2003) (accessed: September 16, 2022).
Bio prepared by Karolina Zieleniewska, Univeristy of Warsaw, k.zieleniewska@hotmail.com
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