Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka (14 August 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.[1][2][3]
Life and career
She was born and raised in Lublin. She studied Polish and French literature at Warsaw University and continued her studies at the Catholic University of Lublin.[4] Her first poems appeared in the journal Odrodzenie in 1944. Hartwig lived in Paris from 1947-50. In 1954, she published Z niedalekich podróży (From Nearby Places), a collection of articles. She published her first collection of poetry Pożegnania (Farewells) in 1956.[1]
In 1954,[8] Hartwig married the poet and activist Artur Międzyrzecki [pl]. They had one daughter, Daniela, with whom they left for the US in 1971. Artur Międzyrzecki died in 1996 in Warsaw.[3][4] Julia Hartwig died on 14 July 2017 in Pennsylvania at the age of 95.[9]
Her brothers were prominent photographer Edward Hartwig and medical doctor and endocrynologist Walenty Hartwig.
Julia Hartwig is survived by her only daughter, Danielle Lehtinen, educator and artist, whom she often visited in New York City and in Pennsylvania.