Janina Broniewska née Kunig (5 August 1904 – 17 February 1981) was a Polish writer, author of many stories for children and young adults, a publicist and teacher. She subscribed to radically leftist views and became a communist activist, writer and official.

Janina Broniewska
Born
Janina Kunig

(1904-08-05)August 5, 1904
DiedFebruary 17, 1981(1981-02-17) (aged 76)
Burial placePowązki Military Cemetery
Other namesBronisława Janowska
EducationSzkoły Zdobniczej przy Muzeum Rzemiosł i Sztuki Stosowanej
OccupationAuthor
Organization(s)Polish Writers' Union, Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy
Notable workO człowieku, który się kulom nie kłaniał (biography of Karol Świerczewski)
MovementSocialist realism
SpouseWładysław Broniewski
ChildrenJoanna Broniewska-Kozicka
Parents
  • Hugo Oskar Kunig (father)
  • Jadwiga Gejer (mother)
AwardsOrder of the Banner of Labor (1st class)Commander's Cross with StarCommander's CrossGold Cross of MeritMedal of Victory and Freedom 1945Medal Komisji Edukacji NarodowejMedal of Merit for National Defence

Broniewska was born in Kalisz. Between 1934 and 1937, she was the editor of the magazine Płomyk ('Flame') for children, after which she became the editor of the short lived Gazetka Miki for which she wrote under the pen name Bronisława Janowska.[1] Following the Soviet invasion of Poland, she collaborated with Sztandar Wolności ('The Banner of Freedom'), a newspaper published in Minsk. Between 1944 and 1946, she worked as editor for Polska Zbrojna ('Armed Poland') magazine published at that time for the Polish People's Army. Politically influential in the Polish People's Republic, Broniewska was secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party organization of the Polish Writers' Union. She was the first wife of the poet Władysław Broniewski and a close friend of Wanda Wasilewska.

Broniewska died in Warsaw at the age of 76.

Books

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  • O człowieku, który się kulom nie kłaniał (1948, published by Książka in Warsaw)
  • Dziesięć serc czerwiennych (1966)[2]
  • Tamten brzeg mych lat (1973)[2]
  • Z notatnika korespondenta wojennego (1981)[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Borowkin, Stanisław (1988). ""Gazetka Miki" (1938-1939)" (PDF). Kwartalnik Historii Prasy Polskiej (in Polish). 1 (27). Muzeum Historii Polski: 39–49. ISSN 0137-2998. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Janina Broniewska, OpenLibrary.org