Wanda Wasilewska

Wanda Wasilewska
Native name	Polish: Wanda Wasilewska Ukrainian: Ванда Львівна Василевська Russian: Ванда Львовна Василевская
Born	(1905-01-21)21 January 1905 Kraków, Austria-Hungary (now Poland)
Died	29 July 1964(1964-07-29) (aged 59) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Resting place	Baikove Cemetery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Pen name	Wanda Woskowska
Occupation	Prose writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, editor, political activist
Language	Polish language
Nationality	Polish
Citizenship	Polish citizenship Soviet Union citizenship
Alma mater	Jagiellonian University
Genre	Novel, story
Literary movement	Socialist realism
Notable awards	Stalin Prize (3 times), Order of the Cross of Grunwald 1st. Class, Order of Lenin
Spouse	Roman Szymański (1925–31), Marian Bogatko (1936–40), Oleksandr Korniychuk (1940–64)
Children	Ewa Wasilewska (by Roman Szymański)

Wanda Wasilewska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvanda vaɕiˈlɛfska]), also known by her Russian name Vanda Lvovna Vasilevskaya (Russian: Ва́нда Льво́вна Василе́вская) (21 January 1905 – 29 July 1964), was a Polish and Soviet novelist and journalist and a left-wing political activist.

She was a socialist who became also a devoted communist.^[1] She fled the German attack on Warsaw in September 1939 and took up residence in Soviet-occupied Lviv and eventually in the Soviet Union.

She founded the Union of Polish Patriots there and played an important role in the creation of the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division. The division developed into the Polish People's Army and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Wasilewska was a trusted consultant to Joseph Stalin, and her influence was essential to the establishment of the Polish Committee of National Liberation in July 1944 and to the formation of the Polish People's Republic.^[2]