Halina Poświatowska

Halina Poświatowska (1935-1967) is one of Poland’s most beloved poets. She survived the Nazi invasion of her hometown, Częstochowa, in 1945, though it left her with a chronic heart condition that would claim her life at the age of 32. Knowing her life would be brief, Poświatowska wrote prolifically: her collected work includes 4 books of poetry, a memoir, and several hundred unpublished stories, essays, and plays. She travelled extensively across Europe and America and earned a degree in philosophy from Smith College. New editions of her work — as well as biographies and critical studies — continue to be published in Poland and around the world in translation.