Historical FigureFemale
Seweryna Szmaglewska
1916 – 1992
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySeweryna Maria Szmaglewska was a Polish writer, known for both books for children and adults alike, and an inmate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. Her novels Czarne Stopy and Dymy nad Birkenau are compulsory reading in Polish schools.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
February 11, 1916
Przygłów
Date of death
July 7, 1992
Warsaw
Citizenship
Poland · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
writerchildren's writerprose writeryoung adult author
Awards & honours
Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's PolandWork Flag Order, 1st classGold Cross of MeritCommander of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAuschwitz CrossMedal for Participation in the Defensive War of 1939
Notable works
Smoke Over BirkenauCzarne Stopy
- Field and occupation
- polská spisovatelka
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