Maria Kovnatskaya ( Polish: Maria Kownacka ; September 11, 1894 , p. Slup (now the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland) - February 27, 1982 , Warsaw ) is a Polish children's writer , playwright and translator from Russian. Winner of the Prize of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1951, 1976)
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| Date of Birth | September 11, 1894 | ||||
| Place of Birth | with. Slup (now Masovian Voivodeship , Poland ) | ||||
| Date of death | February 27, 1982 (87 years old) | ||||
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| Citizenship |  Poland | ||||
| Occupation | writer , playwright , translator | ||||
| Years of creativity | 1919-1982 | ||||
| Genre | children's literature | ||||
| Language of Works | Polish | ||||
| Awards | Prize of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1951, 1976) | ||||
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Biography
Early left an orphan. In 1914-1915 and 1918-1919 she taught. She made her debut in 1919 in the children's magazines Płomyczek and Płomyk, and later collaborated with many children's magazines in Poland.
Due to illness of the larynx, she left the profession of a teacher. She moved to Warsaw, graduated from library courses and began to work in her specialty. She took an active part in the creative activities of the Association of Children's Workers. In 1928 she was one of the organizers of the Bai Theater.
During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 - co-editor of children's magazines “Jawnutka” (later “Children's Diary”). After the war, she devoted herself completely to literary creation.
He is the author of numerous works for children, fairy tales, funny stories, plays, especially for puppet theaters , etc.
She was buried at the Old Powzki cemetery in Warsaw.
Rewards
- Officer Cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland
- Golden Cross Merit .
- Order of Smiles (1970)
- Medal of the Commission for Public Education of Poland
- Winner of the Prize of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Poland (1951, 1976)
- Warsaw City Prize Laureate
Selected Works
- 1935 - Bajowe bajeczki i świerszczykowe skrzypeczki, czyli o straszliwym smoku i dzielnym szewczyku, prześlicznej królewnie i królu Gwoździku
- 1935 - Deszczyk pada, słonko świeci
- 1936 - Plastusiowy pamiętnik
- 1936 - Kukuryku na ręczniku
- 1937 - O Jaśku, co się z Rokitą założył
- 1937 - Cztery mile za piec
- 1939 - Miała babuleńka kozła rogatego
- 1947 - Jak mysz pod miotłą
- 1948 - Kajtkowe przygody
- 1948 - O Rochu i jego grochu
- 1948 - Tajemnica uskrzydlonego serca
- 1949 - O Kasi, co gąski zgubiła
- 1949 - O Żaczku-Szkolaczku io Sowizdrzale, co jeden kochał szkołę, a ten drugi wcale
- 1950 - Entliczek pentliczek
- 1950 - Kwiatki Małgorzatki
- 1951 - Wawrzyńcowy sad
- 1957 - Przygody Plastusia
- 1957 - Rogaś z Doliny Roztoki
- 1958 - Szkoła nad obłokami
- 1960 - O Bidzie i złotych jabłkach
- 1961 - Orzeszek
- 1963 - Plastusiowo
- 1963 - Kamizela na niedzielę
- 1965 - W Świerszczykowie
- 1969 - Wesołe przedszkole
- 1970 - Teatrzyk supełków
- 1971 - Za żywopłotem
Translated into Russian, her fairy tales came out: “The Adventures of Professor God-the-Cow”, “The Adventures of Plastus”, “Who Found the Spring?”, “Behind the Living Fence”, etc.