Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska. Selected Poems

Selected poems by Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska are bold and sensual poetry that was ahead of its time.

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Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891-1945) was a Polish poet, associated with the Skamander literary group, a prominent representative of the interwar decade. Her ironic, sensual, and aphoristic poems embodied the spirit of the time – a belief in progress, an interest in science, and the then-taboo topic of female physicality, which the poet addressed in a manner deemed scandalous by contemporary critics.