- Source: Lola Szereszewska
Leonia Szereszewska, better known as Lola Szereszewska: 87 (1895 – 1 February 1943) was a Polish-Jewish poet and journalist.
Life
Lola Szereszewska, née Rotbard,: 88 was born in 1895.: 85 She was a member of a Zionist student organisation called Akademicka Korporacja Syjonistyczna „Zelotia”.: 90
She died with her daughters Dagmara Zofia and Elżbieta Mirosława on February 1, 1943.: 88 Her remains were buried in 1946 in the family grave at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.: 88
Career
Lola Szereszewska wrote five books of poetry which were published, among others, by Gebethner i Wolff and the publishing house of Ferdynand Hoesick.: 87 Her works were reviewed in the press by such critics as Stanisław Czernik or Bolesław Dudziński.: 87 She received an award in the 1917 literary competition run by the Sfinks magazine for a short story titled Amenophis IV, and in 1939 she was among the contestants for the title of the best book of the Skawa literary magazine.: 88
In the 1930s Szereszewska joined the literary editorial staff of Chwila.: 16 She was also a significant voice in Szpilki satirical magazine, where she for example published a snappy quatrain about Zuzanna Ginczanka and was later mentioned by Eryk Lipiński in his book Drzewo szpilkowe on the editorial staff of Szpilki.: 88
By the end of the 1930s, Szereszewska's press texts developed a catastrophic tone incited by her fear for the future.: 95 In the years 1937–1938 she wrote for the Warsaw newspapers Nowy Głos and Ster.: 24 In the interwar period, she also published in Ewa,: 91 Okolica Poetów, Kamena, Nasza Opinia, Ilustrowany Dziennik Ludowy and Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny.: 87 Her correspondence with Karol Wiktor Zawodziński is part of the National Library of Poland collection.
Szereszewska's poems have been published, among others, in the anthology of interwar Polish-Jewish poetry titled Międzywojenna poezja polsko-żydowska. Antologia (1996), edited by Eugenia Prokop-Janiec.: 90
Works
Kontrasty, 1917
Trimurti. Fantazje historyczne, 1919
Ulica, 1930
Niedokończony dom, 1936
Gałęzie, 1938: 87