Eugenia Żmijewska (1865, Uman, Ukraine – 1923, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish novelist, current affairs writer and literary translator.
Biography
Her literary work revolved mainly around women's sexual identity and its development in more mature years. This is exemplified in her main body of work, a trilogy, which focuses on a woman who is in an unsuccessful romantic relationship, tries to focus on a professional career as an editor but eventually marries and compromises her ambitions.
She worked at Słowa, as an editor and writer. From the year 1899 she was the editor of the monthly supplement Ognisko for the magazine Kurier Polski which was active from 1829 to 1831 in Warsaw. From 1914 onwards she was an editor for Świat Kobiety.
She was one of the founders of the Polish Writers and Journalists Association.
Novels
1907 – Little Flame: From the Diary of an Institute Girl Płomyk: Z pamiętnika instytutki, Published on polona.pl 1909 – FateDola: powieść Published on polona.pl 1911 – SweetheartSerduszko published on polona.pl 1912 – Młodzi 1921 – Car i unitkaCar i unitka published on polona.pl 1910 – From the diary of a failedZ pamiętnika niedoszłej literatki published on polona.pl 1912 – Z daleka i z bliska 1913 – Scouts: Stories for the Polish Youth (Skauci: Powieść dla młodzieży) Skauci: Powieść dla młodzieży published on polona.pl 1917 – Pole, a citizenPolak obywatel published on polona.pl
Translations
She was the first ever translator of two of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels The Sign of Four published in 1890 and The Hound of the Baskervilles published in 1902 to the Polish language.Pies Baskervillow autos Arthur Conan Doyle
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