Zofia Nałkowska

The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is poetry and essay. Places of work recorded in the authority are Warsaw. Positions recorded include member of the Sejm and member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. Works named in the authority record are Medallions. Distinctions recorded are Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Nałkowska was born into a family of intellectuals dedicated to issues of social justice. She was the sister of the sculptor Hanna Nałkowska. She studied at the clandestine Flying University under the Russian partition. Upon Poland's return to independence and the establishment of the Second Polish Republic she became one of the country's most distinguished feminist writers of novels, novellas and stage-plays characterized by socio-realism and psychological depth. From 1928, she was vice-president of the Polish PEN Club. In the 1930s, she took an active part in speeches against the Sanation regime. She was one of the organizers of protests against political persecution in Poland. From 1933, she has been a member of the Polish Academy of Literature. During the German occupation, she was engaged in underground literary activities and after participated in the work of the International Commission for the Investigation of Hitler's Crimes in Poland. A supporter of the new communist authorities in Poland, Nałkowska became a deputy of the State National Council and later a deputy of the National Assembly of the Polish People's Republic. Nałkowska died of a cerebral hemorrhage and was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery with full state honours.

Kobiety (Women, 1906), translated by Michael Henry Dziewicki, 1920 Książę (The Prince, 1907) Rówieśnice (Contemporaries, 1909) Narcyza (1911) Noc podniebna (Heavenly night, novella, 1911) Węże i róże (Snakes and roses, 1914) Hrabia Emil (Count Emil, 1920) Na torfowiskach (At the bogs, 1922) Romans Teresy Hennert (The Romance of Teresa Hennert, 1923), translated by Megan Thomas and Ewa Malachowska-Pasek, 2014 Dom nad łąkami (House upon the meadows, autobiography, 1925) Choucas (1927), translated by Ursula Phillips, 2014 (winner of the Found in Translation Award 2015) Niedobra miłość (Bad love, 1928) Granica (Boundary, 1935), translated by Ursula Phillips, 2016 Niecierpliwi (Anxious,1938) Węzły życia (Living ties, 1948) Mój ojciec (My father, 1953)

Medaliony (Medallions, 1946), a collection of 8 short stories about German World War II atrocities in occupied Poland, translated by Diana Kuprel, 2000

Dom kobiet (1930) Dzień jego powrotu (1931) (The Day of his Return, translated by Marja Slomczanka, performed 1931) Renata Słuczańska (1935)