Gabriela Zapolska

Gabriela Zapolska
Born(1858-03-30)30 March 1858
Podhajce, Galicia, Austrian Empire
Died17 December 1921(1921-12-17) (aged 64)
Lwów, Poland
Pen nameGabriela Zapolska, Józef Maskoff, Walery Tomicki, Maryja, Marya, Omega, Szczerba
OccupationNovelist, publicist, playwright, prosaist
NationalityPolish
Literary movementNaturalism
SpouseKonstanty Śnieżko-Błocki (divorced)
Stanisław Janowski (divorced)
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Maria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska (1857–1921), known as Gabriela Zapolska, was a Polish novelist, playwright, naturalist writer, feuilletonist, theatre critic and stage actress. Zapolska wrote 41 plays, 23 novels, 177 short stories, 252 works of journalism, one film script, and over 1,500 letters.[1]

Zapolska received most recognition for her socio-satirical comedies. Among them, The Morality of Mrs. Dulska – a tragic-farce about petty-bourgeois – is considered the most famous internationally. It is regarded as a landmark of early modernist Polish drama.[2] Her stage plays were translated into foreign languages, and performed at Polish and European theatres, as well as adapted for radio and film. Zapolska herself acted on stage in over 200 plays in Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Lwów, Saint Petersburg and Paris.[1]

  1. ^ a b Grossman, Elwira M. (2007-03-30). "Świat lustrzanych odbić. W 150. rocznicę urodzin Gabrieli Zapolskiej (1857-1921)". Przegląd Polski on-line (in Polish). Bicentennial Publishing Co., Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ Teresa Murjas (2007). "Zapolska, Gabriela: The Morality of Mrs. Dulska". The University of Chicago Press Books. Archived from the original on 2007-05-20. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

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