Julia Hartwig
Polish writer, poet and translator
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Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka (14 August 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.[1][2][3]
Julia Hartwig | |
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Hartwig in 2009 | |
| Born | 14 August 1921 |
| Died | 14 July 2017 (aged 95) |
| Occupations | Poet, translator |
Life and career
She was born and raised in Lublin. She studied Polish and French literature at Warsaw University and continued her studies at the Catholic University of Lublin.[4] Her first poems appeared in the journal Odrodzenie in 1944. Hartwig lived in Paris from 1947-50. In 1954, she published Z niedalekich podróży (From Nearby Places), a collection of articles. She published her first collection of poetry Pożegnania (Farewells) in 1956.[1]
She lived in the United States from 1970 to 1974, later returning to Warsaw.[4] During her time in America, Hartwig took part in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and also taught at several universities.[5]
She published translations of French poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Max Jacob, Henri Michaux, and Pierre Reverdy and wrote books on Apollinaire and Gérard de Nerval.[6] She also published translations of American poets such as Robert Bly and Marianne Moore.[1] Hartwig's poetry has been translated into English, French, Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Greek and German.[5]
Hartwig was awarded the Jurzykowski Prize, the Thornton Wilder Prize from Columbia University's Translation Center and the Georg Trakl Poetry Prize.[6] She received six nominations for the prestigious Nike Award. She is the winner of the 2014 Wisława Szymborska Award for her book of poetry Zapisane.[7]
Personal life
She was married to Zygmunt Kałużyński.[8] In 1954,[9] Hartwig married the poet and activist Artur Międzyrzecki. They had one daughter, Daniela, with whom they left for the US in 1971. Artur Międzyrzecki died in 1996 in Warsaw.[3][4] Julia Hartwig died on 14 July 2017 in Pennsylvania at the age of 95.[10]
Her brothers were photographer Edward Hartwig and medical doctor and endocrinologist Walenty Hartwig.[citation needed]
Julia Hartwig was survived by her only daughter, Danielle Lehtinen, educator and artist, whom she often visited in New York City and in Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
Selected works
- Wolne ręce (Free hands), poetry (1969)
- Wielki pościg (The big race), children's book (1969)
- Dwoistość (Duality), poetry (1971)
- Czuwanie (Vigilance), poetry (1978)
- Chwila postoju (A moment of rest), poetry (1980)
- Obcowanie (Communion), poetry (1987)
- Czułość (Tenderness), poetry (1992)
- Bez pozegnania (No Farewells) (2004), nominated for a Nike Award[11]