Maria Konopnicka Biography | Poet

Maria Konopnicka (Polish pronunciation:  ['mara knp'itska]  (listen ) ) née Wasilowska (May 23, 1842 – October 8, 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, writer for children and youth, a translator, journalist and critic, as well as an activist for women's rights and Polish independence. She used the pseudonym Jan Sawa and others. She was one of the most important Polish poets of the positivism in Poland period.