Anna Iwaszkiewicz
{{Short description| Polish writer and translator (1897–1979)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Iwaszkiewicz
| image = Anna Iwaszkiewicz with parrot - Stanisław Wilhelm Lilpop.jpg
| birth_name = Anna Lilpop
| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brwinów, Poland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|23|1897|12|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Stawisko, Poland
| resting_place = Roman-Catholic Cemetery in Brwinów
| occupation = Writer and translator
| nationality = Polish
| parents = Stanisław Wilhelm Lilpop and Jadwiga nee Stankiewicz
| spouse = Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
| children = Maria and Teresa
}}
{{Righteous Among the Nations}}
Anna Iwaszkiewicz, {{nee|Lilpop}} (pen name: Adam Podkowiński,{{Cite web|url=https://sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/stories-of-rescue/story-rescue-iwaszkiewicz-family|title=Story of Rescue - The Iwaszkiewicz Family {{!}} Polscy Sprawiedliwi|website=sprawiedliwi.org.pl|access-date=2020-04-08}}{{cite book|title=Homobiografie|author=Tomasik, Krzysztof, 1978-|year=2014|location=Warszawa|isbn=978-83-64682-22-3|oclc=915291354}} 17 December 1897 – 23 December 1979), was a Polish writer and translator, wife of the writer Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz.
For her role in rescuing Jews during World War II, she and her husband were honored with the award of Righteous Among the Nations.
Biography
= Early years =
When Anna was four years old, her mother Jadwiga Stankiewicz left her and her father, wealthy industrialist Stanisław Wilhelm Lilpop, for the pianist Józef Śliwiński. From then on, her father and aunt Aniela Pilawitz brought her up, while her mother was denied any contact with Anna. From 1915 to 1918, she stayed with her father in the Russian Empire, particularly in Moscow and Kyiv. Her time in the Russian Empire contributed to the formation of her literary talent as she studied at the Moscow Polish University, learned foreign languages, and became interested in music and theater. In Russia, she acquired knowledge about the work of Scriabin, who later became her favorite composer and whose music she would promote in Poland by organizing his concerts in Warsaw.{{cite web|title=Muzeum im. Anny i Jarosława Iwaszkiewiczów w Stawisku|url=http://www.stawisko.pl/index.php?anna_iwaszkiewicz|agency=www.stawisko.pl|accessdate=2019-12-06}}
= Marriage =
File:Anna Iwaszkiewiczowa with daughter - Stanisław Wilhelm Lilpop.jpg
On 12 September 1922, after overcoming the initial resistance of her father, she married poet Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. For this marriage, she broke off an engagement to Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł, arranged several years earlier. Through her marriage she gained the opportunity to establish contacts with the artistic and literary community.
She gave birth to daughters: Maria and Teresa.
= Wartime =
During the German occupation, she helped Polish Jews by organizing their escape from the Ghetto and hiding them in Stawisko. For this activity, on 21 January 1988, she and her husband were honored with the award of Righteous Among the Nations.
Literary activity
Anna wrote for journals for many years, which demonstrate her literary talent and personality. Anna published essays, mainly on the works of Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad and Thomas Mann (partly under a pseudonym). She translated French literature (Marcel Proust, Michel Butor, Alain-Fournier, Jules Verne) and English-language literature (Thomas Marton and Alfred North Whitehead). At the end of her life, she published the book Nasze zwierzęta (Our Animals) (1978). Her most outstanding work is Dzienniki i wspomnienia (Diaries and Memoirs) (published in 2000), containing valuable descriptions of life in the interwar period and memories of, among others, Karol Szymanowski, a relative of her husband.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Personality
File:Brwinow, grob Jaroslawa i Anny Iwaszkiewiczow.jpg
Anna had mental health issues, including depression. She coped with it by being a devoted Catholic.{{Fact|date=November 2023}}
Her husband did not hide his sexual orientation or male lovers from her, while Anna herself was bisexual. Nonetheless, the couple considered their marriage happy and successful.
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