Maria Boniecka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish author and teacher
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Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Maria Boniecka
- Maria Antonina Boniecka (19 June 1910 – 19 June 1978) was a Polish author and teacher, who also served in the Polish Home Army during the Second World War.
- She received several awards, including the Silver Cross of Merit, the Home Army Cross, the Szczecin Literary Award, and a Gold Award from the Towarzystwo Wiedzy Powszechnej (Society for Universal Knowledge).
- Opposed to Communism, she was persecuted by the Polish government of the time; among other things, she lost her position as editor of the periodical Ziemia i Morze and was taken to court over an article published therein.
- She emigrated to Australia in 1965, where she wrote her memoir, Ucieczka za Druty.
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