Antonina Domańska
Antonina Domańska (September 1853 – 26 January 1917) was a Polish writer. She wrote lots of books for children.[1]
Biography[change | change source]
Antonina Domańska was born in September 1853 in Kamieniec Podolski (now in Ukraine).[1] The exact date of birth is unknown. She was a daughter of physician Aleksander Kremer and Modesta Płońska.[2] She was the aunt of a poet Lucjan Rydel.[2] In 1865 she moved to Kraków (Cracow).[2] She met her future husband, Stanisław Domański there.[2] He was a physician.[2] She was present at Lucjan Rydel's wedding in the village of Bronowice near Kraków in 1900.[3] This is why she was portrayed in the drama Wesele (The Wedding) by Stanisław Wyspiański.[2] She died in on 26 January 1917.[1]
Works[change | change source]
Domańska's most famous books for children are Historia żółtej ciżemki (The Story of Yellow Shoe, 1913)[1] and Paziowie króla Zygmunta (King Sigismund's Pageboys, 1910).[1] Two films were based on them.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Domańska Antonina" (in Polish). encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Antonina Domańska – biografia i charakterystyka twórczości" (in Polish). Wypracowania.pl. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Geneza „Wesela" Wyspiańskiego" (in Polish). ostatnidzwonek.pl. Retrieved 23 October 2016.