Cecylia Niewiadomska
1855–1925
Biography
Cecylia Niewiadomska (1855–1925) was a Polish teacher, translator, writer and campaigner for education. She was born in Warsaw, where she also died in 1925. She is remembered above all as the translator of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales into Polish. She belonged to the National League and to the Society for National Education, and her public work was closely tied to the teaching and schooling of Polish children in her time.
Her output went well beyond translation. She wrote school readers and textbooks, among them an ABC primer published in 1905, and she produced a history of Poland for young readers, built from legends, tales and pictures of the nation's past. She also wrote for adults, including the novels Odrodzona (1896) and Stracona (1897), and she published collections of stories and verses for children aged seven to ten. She lies buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.
Bez przewodnika, published in 1908, is the book of hers in this library. Its title means 'Without a Guide', and it stands among the works listed for her alongside her readers and novels. It is a reminder that a writer best known for school books and fairy-tale translation also wrote for adult readers.
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Books
Bez przewodnika
by Cecylia Niewiadomska
Two schoolboy brothers, the self-assured Janek and the timid Tadzio, set off on their own for Zakopane and the Tatra mountains, Janek having decided that they need no guide. A short story for young readers about a summer journey, its mishaps and what Janek's pride costs them.
Summary written by Claude Opus 5.5.