| Anna Ciundziewicka | |
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| Born | 18 July 1803 Karališčavičy, Igumensky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 April 1850 (1850-04-19) (aged 46) Kiščyna Słabada, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Genre | Household advice |
Anna Ciundziewicka (née Prószyński; 18 July 1803 – 18 April 1850) was an early household and recipe advice writer of Polish ethnicity. She wrote "The Housekeeper of Lithuania" (Gospodyni litewska) in the Polish language.
Life
Ciundziewicka was born into a well-off family in Karališčavičy [be], in 1803. She was the daughter of Michał Prószyński of the Ogończyk coat of arms, subcamerarius of Minsk, and Tekla née Wolański. Her sister Michalina married Hipolit Siemiradzki; their son was the painter Henryk Siemiradzki.
She was educated at a boarding school in Vilnius. In 1826, she married into the Ciundziewicki family. Her new family ran a large farm in the village of Kiščyna Słabada [be] and she gathered information about it.
In 1848 she published "The Housekeeper of Lithuania" (Gospodyni litewska) in Vilnius.
She died in 1850, and was buried at her family's chapel.
References
- Tasting Historical Europe: eCookbook on culinary threads between Austria and Lithuania, 3 May 2016, Austrian National Library, Retrieved 27 April 2017
- Anna Ciundziewicka (1848). Gospodyni litewska czyli Nauka utrzymania porządnie domu i zaopatrzenia go we wszystkie przyprawy i zapasy kuchenne, apteczkowe i gospodarskie tudzież hodowania i utrzymania bydła, ptastwa i innych żywiołów według sposobów wyprobowańszych i najdoświadczeńszych, a razem najtańszych i najprostszych.
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