She is also a recipient of the Order of the Smile. Her autobiography Byłam, byliśmy ( I was, we were, 1998) was a finalist for the Nike Award. The book sequel, Inna? ( Other?, 1975) was listed in the Premio Europeo. She is best known for Ten obcy ( That Stranger, 1961), for which she has received the International Board on Books for Young People diploma of honor in 1964. A year later she received the Award of the City of Warsaw. In 1958 she received the Award of the President of the Council of Minister for her work. She wrote a number of children's literature and young adult literature as well as some mémoires. Her readers have praised her for being 'smart but not overbearing, patriotic but not nationalistic'. Her work has been described as combining a knowledge of problems and mentality of her young readers with an interest in their ethical and intellectual transformation. She died on 4 August 2003, aged over 100 years. Jurgielewiczowa was married to the painter Mieczysław Jurgielewicz. Her books were translated to numerous languages including Bulgarian, Czech, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Ukrainian. She lectured at the pedagogy department of the Warsaw University (1947–1950) and she was a literature director of the National Theatre of New Warsaw (Państwowy Teatr Nowej Warszawy). During the war she wrote her first book for children, Historia o czterech pstroczkach.Īfter the war, Jurgielewiczowa settled in Warsaw. She joined the Armia Krajowa resistance, took part in the Warsaw Uprising, and from 1944 until the end of the war she was a prisoner of war in Germany. During World War II in occupied Poland she was a teacher in the underground education. After her return she was a lecturer at Wolna Wszechnica Polska. Powie Jurgielewiczowej 'Ten Obcy' wpisana zostaa na list. Realizatorzy filmu wykorzystali równie niektóre wtki z powieci pisarki. She worked as a teacher in Warsaw beginning in 1928. Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1985) - Portret popularnej pisarki wspóczesnej Ireny Jurgielewiczowej, autorki poczytnych powieci adresowanych do modego czytelnika oraz ksiek dla dorosych. She studied Polish philology at the Warsaw University, obtaining a doctoral degree in 1928, and pedagogy at the Wolna Wszechnica Polska (Free Polish University). Irena Jurgielewiczowa was born on 13 January 1903 in Działoszyn, Poland.

Ten obcy by Irena Jurgielewiczowa