Maria Kuncewiczowa

Maria Kuncewiczowa (30 October 1895 – 15 July 1989) was a Polish writer and novelist. Kuncewiczowa's works range from short stories to novels, radio novels and literary diaries.

Early life Kuncewiczowa was born on October 30, 1895, in Samara, Russian Empire. Her 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.

Kuncewiczowa, née Szczepańska, married Jerzy Kuncewicz, a Polish lawyer, writer, and activist, in 1921, and one year later, gave birth to her son, Witold Kuncewicz.

World War II Kuncewiczowa left Poland with her husband in 1939 after the German invasion. She spent 1927–1939 and her last years from 1969 in Kazimierz nad Wisłą. From 1970 to 1984, during winter time, she lived in Italy. Kuncewiczowa and her husband moved back to Poland in 1970, where she wrote two autobiographical works, Fantomy (Phantoms, 1971) and Natura (Nature, 1972). In December 1982 she refused to be awarded state decoration.

Honors In 1989, the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska awarded her the title of doctor honoris causa.

Selected works Dwa księżyce, Rój, Warszawa 1933; Warszawa: Prószyński i S-ka, 1999. Cudzoziemka, 1936; Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Pi, 2013. The stranger, London: Hutchinson International Authors, 1947. Zmowa nieobecnych 1946; Warszawa : Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, 1978. The conspiracy of the absent, a novel. New York, Roy, 195- Leśnik, 1952 The forester : a novel, New York : Roy Publishers, 1954. Gaj oliwny, 1961; Lublin : Wydawn. Lubelskie, 1990. Tristan 1946, 1967; Bratislava : Tatran, 1972.