Helena Romer-Ochenkowska

Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (2 August 1875 – 26 March 1947) was a Polish writer, playwright, opinion journalist, columnist and theatre critic. She also engaged in social and education activism, especially promoting amateur theatre in the Vilnius region.

Early life and education Helena Romer was born on 2 August 1875, in Vilnius, to painter Alfred Izydor Romer and aristocrat Wanda née Sulistrowska. Her great-grandfather was the politician Michał Józef Römer. She received her education at a private girls' school in Kraków, then from 1897 gave classes in secret to the villagers of her estate in Karolinów. Later, she studied at the École des Hautes Sciences Sociales in Paris, where she wrote a thesis titled Immigration allemande en Russie et en Polgone. She married Henryk Ochenkowski, but the couple later separated.

Selected works

Karylla, czyli miłość patriotyczna, 1904 Majaki, 1910 Książka o nich, 1922 Swoi ludzie, 1922 Wesele na Wileńszczyźnie, 1929 Tutejsi, 1931 Rok 1863 na Litwie, 1934