Eliza Orzeszkowa
Eliza Orzeszkowa | |
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| Born | Eliza Pawłowska 6 June 1841 Miĺkaŭščyna, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
| Died | 18 May 1910 (aged 68) Grodno, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, publisher |
| Notable works | Meir Ezofowicz, Nad Niemnem, Cham, Bene nati |
| Spouse | Piotr Orzeszko Stanisław Nahorski |
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Eliza Orzeszkowa (6 June 1841 – 18 May 1910) was a Polish novelist and a leading writer of the Positivism movement during foreign Partitions of Poland. In 1905, together with Henryk Sienkiewicz, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.