Franciszka Arnsztajnowa

Franciszka Arnsztajnowa
Arnsztajnowa c.1890s
BornFranciszka Hanna Meyerson
(1865-02-19)19 February 1865
Lublin, Congress Poland
Died3 August 1942(1942-08-03) (aged 77)
Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw, Nazi-occupied Poland
(disputed)
Pen nameF. A. M.
J. Górecka
Jan Gorecki
Jan Górecki
Stefan Orlik
Occupation
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • writer
  • translator
  • editor
  • social and political activist
NationalityPolish
PeriodYoung Poland
First World War
Interbellum
Second World War
Genre
Notable worksPoezye: serya druga (1899)
Odloty (1932)
Notable awardsSilver Laurel of the
Polish Academy of Literature (1936)
Spouse
Marek "Mordko" Arnsztein
(m. 1885; died 1930)
ChildrenStefanja Arnsztajnówna (married name Mieczysławska; c.1890–1942; daughter)
Jan Arnsztajn (1897–1934; son)
RelativesJanina Arnsztajn-Titkow (1923–2010; granddaughter)

Franciszka Hanna Arnsztajnowa (Polish pronunciation: [fraɲˈt͡ɕiʂka arnʂtajˈnɔva]; née Meyerson; 19 February 1865 – August 1942) was a Polish poet, playwright, and translator of Jewish descent. Much of her creative oeuvre falls within the Young Poland period, stylistically encompassing the twilight of neo-romanticism. She is called "the legend of Lublin".