Zofia Nałkowska

Who was Zofia Nałkowska?

Zofia Nałkowska was a renowned Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature during the interwar period.

Nałkowska was born into a family of intellectuals dedicated to issues of social justice, and studied at the clandestine Flying University under the Russian partition. Upon Poland's return to independence she became one of the country's most distinguished feminist writers of novels, novellas and stage-plays characterized by socio-realism and psychological depth.