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Seweryna Szmaglewska

1916 – 1992

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Wikipedia Summary

Seweryna Maria Szmaglewska was a Polish writer, known for both books for children and adults alike, and an inmate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. Her novels Czarne Stopy and Dymy nad Birkenau are compulsory reading in Polish schools.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
February 11, 1916
Date of death
July 7, 1992
Field and occupation
polská spisovatelka
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