Malevskaya, Ganna

Born June 21, 1911 in the family of the Polish doctor Bronislaw Malevsky . She was the goddaughter of Bishop Marian Jozef Ryks . From 1921 to 1929 she studied at the female gymnasium of the estate of the Union of Lublin in Lublin . In October 1929 she entered the Faculty of Polonistics and the Faculty of History of the Lublin Catholic University . A year later, she left her studies at the Faculty of Polysymbers, continuing to study at the Faculty of History. She graduated from Catholic University of Lublin in 1933, writing the dissertation “Pamiętniki Kardynała de Retz jako źródło historyczne” (Notes by Cardinal de Retz as a historical source) under the guidance of the Polish historian Alexander Kossovsky. During her studies at the Catholic University of Lublin, she began to write her first works. In 1931 she received an award in the literary competition of the Żołnierz Polski magazine for the novel “Cabrera” and an award in the competition of the Ministry of Religious Education and Public Education for the novel “Wojna grecka” .

After graduating from the Catholic University of Lublin, she first worked as a history teacher in a school in the village of Nepolomice and then in a gymnasium in Warsaw, where she began to live since 1935. In 1936 she received an award in the competition of the publishing house “Książnica-Atlas” , organized by the Polish Academy of Literature for the novel “Żelazna korona” . In August 1939, she completed the following novel , Kamienie wołać będą .

During the Second World War she participated in the underground organization " Union of the armed struggle ." Later she served in the conspiracy department of the Main Commandant of the Home Army , in which she led the Bureau of Foreign Ciphers. In 1943-1944 she wrote the story Żniwo na sierpie , dedicated to Ciprian Norwid . Participated in the Warsaw Uprising . After the suppression of the uprising, she left the city on October 3, 1944, together with the civilian population. She completed her service in the Army in the rank of captain.

After the war she lived in Krakow. Since 1945, it has been published in the publications Tygodnik Powszechny and Tygodnik Warszawski . In 1946, she published the novel “Kamienie wołać będą” , for which in 1948 she received the award after Włodzimierz Petšak. In 1947, she published the novel Żniwo na sierpie , written during the war years. From 1945-1947 she taught history at the State Trade Lyceum in Krakow.

Since 1946, she edited the magazine “Znak” together with Stanislav Stomma . After the Znak magazine was banned in 1953, from 1955 to 1957 she worked as an archivist in the Kournitsa Library . In 1954, she published the story Przemija postać świata . In 1956, she published a collection of historical tales , Sir Tomasz More odmawia . In 1957, the Znak magazine resumed publication and Ganna Malevskaya returned to its editorial office. In 1959, she published the novel “Opowieść o siedmiu mędrcach” .

Since 1960, replacing Jacek Wozniakovsky , she became editor-in-chief of the Znak magazine. At the same time she participated in the work of the editorial office of the weekly Tygodnik Powszechny. In 1965, she published the novel Apokryf rodzinny .

In 1970, she published her latest books , Labirynt and LLW, czyli co się może wydarzyć jutro .

In 1972 she received a literary award from the Reinhard Schneider Foundation. In 1973 she retired and resigned as editor-in-chief of Znak magazine.

After retiring, she continued to engage in social activities. In 1975, she signed Letter 59, and in 1978 signed a declaration on the establishment of the Society of Science Courses .

She died on March 27, 1983 and was buried in the parish cemetery in Tynts.

• Cabrera (1931);
• Wiosna grecka (1931);
• Żelazna korona (1936);
• Kamienie wołać będą (1946);
• Żniwo na sierpie (1947);
• Stanica (1947);
• Przemija postać świata (1954);
• Sir Tomasz More odmawia (1956);
• Opowieść o siedmiu mędrcach (1959);
• Listy staropolskie z epoki Wazów (1959);
• Panowie Leszczyńscy (1961);
• Apokryf rodzinny (1965);
• Labirynt. LLW, czyli co może zdarzyć się jutro (1070);
• O odpowiedzialności. Wybór publicystyki (1945-1976) (posthumous edition, 1987)

• Anna Głąb: Ostryga i łaska: rzecz o Hannie Malewskiej. Kraków: Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak, 2009. ISBN 9788324011544 .

• O Hannie Malewskiej w 20. rocznicę jej śmierci: Człowiek, dzieło, tajemnica - z Haliną Bortnowską rozmawia Tomasz Fiałkowski (Polish)
• Ludzie, książki, zdarzenia - z Krystyną Poborską o Hannie Malewskiej rozmawiają Dorota Zańko i Jarosław Gowin (Polish)
• Bibliography / Biblioteka Narodowa (Polish)
• Bibliography / Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (German)