Lola Szereszewska
Born
Leonia Rotbard

1895
Died(1943-02-01)February 1, 1943
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)poet, journalist

Leonia Szereszewska, better known as Lola Szereszewska[1]: 87  (1895 – February 1, 1943) was a Polish-Jewish poet and journalist.

Life

Lola Szereszewska, née Rotbard,[1]: 88  was born in 1895.[1]: 85  She was a member of a Zionist student organisation called Akademicka Korporacja Syjonistyczna „Zelotia”.[1]: 90 

She died with her daughters Dagmara Zofia and Elżbieta Mirosława on February 1, 1943.[1]: 88  Her remains were buried in 1946 in the family grave at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.[1]: 88 

Career

Lola Szereszewska wrote five books of poetry which were published, among others, by Gebethner i Wolff and the publishing house of Ferdynand Hoesick.[1]: 87  Her works were reviewed in the press by such critics as Stanisław Czernik or Bolesław Dudziński.[1]: 87  She received an award in the 1917 literary competition run by the Sfinks magazine for a short story titled Amenophis IV, and in 1939 she was among the contestants for the title of the best book of the Skawa literary magazine.[1]: 88 

In the 1930s Szereszewska joined the literary editorial staff of Chwila.[2]: 16  She was also a significant voice in Szpilki satirical magazine, where she for example published a snappy quatrain about Zuzanna Ginczanka[3] and was later mentioned by Eryk Lipiński in his book Drzewo szpilkowe on the editorial staff of Szpilki.[1]: 88 

By the end of the 1930s, Szereszewska's press texts developed a catastrophic tone incited by her fear for the future.[1]: 95  In the years 1937–1938 she wrote for the Warsaw newspapers Nowy Głos and Ster.[2]: 24  In the interwar period, she also published in Ewa,[1]: 91  Okolica Poetów, Kamena, Nasza Opinia, Ilustrowany Dziennik Ludowy and Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny.[1]: 87  Her correspondence with Karol Wiktor Zawodziński is part of the National Library of Poland collection.[4]

Szereszewska's poems have been published, among others, in the anthology of interwar Polish-Jewish poetry titled Międzywojenna poezja polsko-żydowska. Antologia (1996), edited by Eugenia Prokop-Janiec.[1]: 90 

Works

  • Kontrasty, 1917
  • Trimurti. Fantazje historyczne, 1919
  • Ulica, 1930
  • Niedokończony dom, 1936
  • Gałęzie, 1938[1]: 87 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Gałczyńska, Emilia (2019). "Lola Szereszewska (1895–1943) – zapomniana poetka pogranicza". Narracje o Zagładzie (in Polish). 5: 85–97. ISSN 2451-2133.
  2. 1 2 Prokop-Janiec, Eugenia (2003). "The Literature of the Cultural Borderland". Polish-Jewish Literature in the Interwar Years. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-2984-9.
  3. ↑ Kiec, Izolda (2018). "Oskarżona. Zuzanna Ginczanka o poetach i poetkach". Ginczanka: na stulecie poetki (in Polish). Kraków. p. 15. ISBN 978-83-64511-51-6. OCLC 1100588762.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ "Korespondencja Karola Wiktora Zawodzińskiego". Katalogi Bibilioteki Narodowej (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-07.
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