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{{Short description|19th-century Polish-Lithuanian writer}}
'''Karolina Proniewska''' (1828 - 1859) was a ]-]n ] poet and translator.<ref name="name">It is to be noted that in some modern Lithuanian works her name is ] as ''Pranauskaite''; as in: {{lt icon}} {{cite web| url=http://samogitia.mch.mii.lt/KULTURA/Zem_rasytojai_Telsiai.htm| title=Žemaitijos rašytojai | accessdate=2007-04-18| first=Danutė| last=Mukienė |date=]| language = Lithuanian
] Cemetery (exact place of burial is unknown)]]
}}</ref> Sometimes referred to as a '']n ]'', she is best known as the person to convince ], a great ]n poet and one of the classics of that language, to write in the ].<ref name="Syrnicka">{{pl icon}} {{cite journal| author =Krystyna Syrnicka | year =2002 | month =May | title =Karolina Proniewska - zapomniana poetka ze Żmudzi | journal =Nasz Czas | volume =20 | issue =559 | pages =25 | id = {{ISSN|1641-7933}} {{oclc|69526313}}| language = Polish| url =http://nasz-czas1.tripod.com/025/syrnic.html }}</ref>
'''Karolina Proniewska''' ({{Audio|Pl-Karolina_Proniewska.ogg|pronunciation}}) or '''Karolina Praniauskaitė''' (1828–1859) was a ] ]<ref name="Hertz">{{cite book | author =various authors |author2=Paweł Hertz |author2-link=Paweł Hertz | title =Zbiór poetów polskich XIX wieku (Anthology of Polish poets of 19th century) | year =1959 | pages =347 | publisher =] | location =Warsaw | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=EgEdAAAAIAAJ&q=Proniewska | accessdate =2007-10-09 |language=pl}}</ref>-]n<ref name=KZ>{{in lang|lt}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010124135/http://ct.svs.lt/lmenas/?leid_id=3118&kas=straipsnis&st_id=9754 |date=2007-10-10 }}. Lithuanian Writer's Union, November 17, 2006.</ref> poet and translator, of Samogitian extraction.<ref name="Vitkevičius">{{cite journal | author = Povilas Vitkevičius | year =1998 | title = Bajorai Praniauskai A. Baranausko gyvenimo kelyje | journal = Lietuvos bajoras | issue = 3 | pages = 29–30 | publisher = Danielius | location = Vilnius | issn = 1392-1304 | quote = Save Karolina laikė žemaite. Translation: Karolina herself identified as Samogitian. |language=lt}}</ref> Born in ], a historical region of ], then part of the ], she is sometimes referred to as a ''Samogitian ]''.


She wrote her original works exclusively in Polish<ref name="Stoberski">{{cite book |author=Zygmunt Stoberski |title=Historia literatury litewskiej: zarys |publisher=] |year=1974 |location=Wrocław |pages=55 |language=pl}}</ref> and her poetry published in a single tome ''Piosneczki'' (Songs, 1858) initially gained much popularity.<ref name="Syrnicka">{{cite journal | author =Krystyna Syrnicka | date =May 2002 | title =Karolina Proniewska – zapomniana poetka ze Żmudzi (Karolina Proniewska, a forgotten poet from Samogitia) | journal =Nasz Czas | volume =20 | issue =559 | pages =25 | isbn =9789639116429 | issn =1641-7933 | oclc =69526313 | language =pl | url =http://nasz-czas1.tripod.com/025/syrnic.html | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070703012532/http://nasz-czas1.tripod.com/025/syrnic.html | archive-date =2007-07-03 }}</ref> However, she also translated numerous works by Polish authors into the Lithuanian language, both in prose and in verse.<ref name="Stoberski"/> She is considered one of the first women in the history of ].<ref name="Syrnicka"/>
Karolina Anna Proniewska was born ], ] in Pudurbin (modern Padurbinys, Lithuania), a small manor near Telsze (modern ], Lithuania). Her father, Teofil Proniewski of ], was an ] at the local court, while her mother was Eleonora née Dobszewicz. Young Karolina Proniewska started to write poems already at the age of seven. Her father died when she was seven and her mother had difficulties supporting both the manor and the family. The girl suffered from ], and her eldest brother forbade her to read any books or write poetry, which was supposed to harm her poor health. She however disobeyed. Soon she moved to Telsze, where she started working as a teacher. Another of her brothers, ], financed publication of a book of her poems, which made her famous in the lands of the former ], partly due to publications in the '']''<ref name="Syrnicka"/>, one of the most respected Polish language newspapers at that time.


Her own poetry and translations, although popular during her lifetime, are today not widely read. She is remembered largely for her association with ], who became a prominent ]n poet, and one of the classic authors in that language, and whom she is said to have persuaded to write in the ].
Although she wrote in ] and not in Lithuanian, with time she also made several translation of Polish language classics into that language. Among the most notable of such translations is ''Matka węży'' by ]. In 1855, thanks to her sister Tekla, she met Antanas Baranauskas, a young poet working as a clerk at the nearby farm in Siady. The couple started to exchange letters and, with time, also poems. Proniewska convinced Baranauskas to start writing his poems also in the ]. Her brother Otton helped her friend to pass the exams to the Catholic school of Wornie, the only way a poor peasant could gain education in 19th century Russia. With time Baranauskas became one of the classics of modern Lithuanian literature and one of the founding fathers {{Fact|date=October 2007}} of modern Lithuanian culture. It is commonly accepted that Proniewska had been his friend, good spirit and patron. However, soon before Proniewska's death, she ordered all their letters and her memoirs burnt and little documentation of their relations survived to our times<ref name="Miksyte">{{lt icon}} R. Mikšytë, Antano Baranausko kuryba, Vilnius 1964</ref>. She died at the age of 31, on May 26, 1859. She was buried at a local cemetery in Uciana, where she spent the last months of her life. Not a single picture of her survived.


==Notes and references== ==Life and works==
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Karolina Anna Proniewska was born into a ]<ref name="Syrnicka"/> ] family in ], then under ]n rule.<ref name="Aleksandravičius">{{cite book | author =Egidijus Aleksandravičius| title =Giesmininko kelias| year =2003| pages = 82 | publisher =Versus Aureus| location =Vilnius| isbn =9955-601-00-0|language=lt}}</ref><ref name="Dobkevičius ">{{cite news | first=Kazimieras | last=Dobkevičius | title=Kauno kunigų seminarija – katalikybės ir lietuvybės židinys | publisher=XXI amžius | url =http://xxiamzius.lt/numeriai/2004/12/10/ora_02.html | work =xxi Amzius | accessdate = 2007-11-11|language=lt}}</ref> She was born 18 January 1828 in Padubysys ] in a small ] where ] predominated.<ref name="Baranowski">{{cite book |last=Baranowski |first=Antoni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86AhAAAAMAAJ&q=Proniewska |title=Borek oniksztyński (Anykščiai Forest) |publisher=Pojezierze |others=Józef Jacek Rojek, Mieczysław Jackiewicz, Juozas Vaina |year=1987 |isbn=978-83-7002-268-6 |location=Olsztyn |pages=XV–XVII |language=pl |author-link=Antanas Baranauskas |accessdate=2007-10-09}}</ref><ref name="Lituanica">{{cite encyclopedia | author=various authors |encyclopedia=] |title=Karolina Praniauskaite |url=http://www.spaudos.lt/Istorija/K_Praniauskaite.en.htm |accessdate=2007-10-09|year=1970–1978 |publisher=Lithuanian Encyclopedia Press |volume=I-VI |location=Boston, Mass. }}</ref> Her father, Teofil Proniewski<ref name="Syrnicka"/> of ],<ref name="Gajl">{{cite book | author =Tadeusz Gajl | author-link =Tadeusz Gajl | title =Herby szlacheckie Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów | year =2003 | publisher =Wydawnictwo "L&L" | location =Gdańsk | isbn=83-88595-12-1 |language=pl}}</ref> was an ] at the local court, while her mother was Eleonora née Dobszewicz. Proniewska started to write poems at the age of seven.<ref name="Syrnicka"/> Her father died when she was seven and her mother had difficulties supporting both the manor and the family.
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Three of Karolina's brothers belonged to a close circle of Lithuanian intellectuals who were deeply involved with the growing Lithuanian national movement.<ref>Egidijus Aleksandravičius (2003), p.83</ref> As a girl she suffered from ], and her eldest brother forbade her to read any books or write poetry, which he supposed would harm her already poor health. She disobeyed. Soon she moved to Telšiai, where she started working as a teacher. Another of her brothers, ], the personal secretary to the Bishop of Samogitia ],<ref name="Aleksandravičius"/> financed the publication of a book of her poems, which made her regionally famous, partly due to publications in the ''],''<ref name="Syrnicka"/> one of the most respected Polish-language newspapers of the time.

Strongly influenced by ]'s romantic poetry, she is known to have devoted at least one poem to him.<ref name="Starnawski">{{cite book | author =various authors | title =Adam Mickiewicz w poezji polskiej i obcej, 1818-1855-1955 (Adam Mickiewicz in Polish and foreign poetry) | year =1961 | editor =Jerzy Starnawski | editor-link =Jerzy Starnawski | pages =211 | publisher =] | location =Wrocław | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=XoAwAAAAIAAJ&q=Proniewska | accessdate =2007-10-09 |language=pl}}</ref> Although her published original works were written in the ], with time she also made several translations of Polish-language classics into Lithuanian. Among the most notable of these translations is ''Matka węży'' by ]. The translation is said to have had an unprecedented impact on Lithuanian culture as a fundamental work of Lithuanian high art,<ref name="Bojtar">{{cite book | author =Endre Bojtár | title =Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic People | year =2000 | pages =243 | publisher =] Press | location =Budapest | isbn=963-9116-42-4 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=5aoId7nA4bsC&q=Proniewska&pg=PA243 | accessdate =2007-10-09 }}</ref> and to have been much of a much higher quality than her own dilettantish Polish verses.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bojtár | first = Endre | title = Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic People | publisher = Central European University Press |year=1999 | pages = 243 | isbn = 963-9116-42-4 }}</ref>

In 1855, through her sister Tekla, she met ], a young poet then working as a clerk at the nearby farm in ]. Proniewska instilled into Baranauskas a love for the Lithuanian language and culture,<ref name="Baranowski"/> and convinced him to start writing his poems in the ].<ref name="Baranowski"/> ] wrote a poem in her honor, which became his poetic debut in 1857, ''D Karoliny P''.{{Sfn|Jackiewicz|1999|p=132-133}} The couple started to exchange letters and, with time, poems. Her brother Otton helped Baranauskas pass his entrance examinations into the Catholic school in ], one of the few venues then open to a member of the lower social strata for attaining an education in 19th century Russia. Baranauskas went on to become a scholar of the Lithuanian language,<ref>. ], Lithuanian Classic Literature Anthology.</ref> and wrote what has been described as one of the greatest works in Lithuanian literature, ''Anykščių šilelis'' (]).<ref>. ]</ref> He also went on to become a ] ].

It is commonly accepted that Proniewska had been his friend and patron. However, prior to her death, she requested that all of their letters and her diaries be burned, and little documentation of their relationship has survived.<ref name="Miksyte">{{cite book | author =Regina Mikšytė | title =Antano Baranausko kūryba | year =1964 | pages =37–50 | publisher =Vaga | location =Vilnius | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=C4E_AAAAIAAJ&q=Proniewska | accessdate =2007-10-09 |language=lt}}</ref> She died at the age of 31, on 26 May 1859, and was buried at a cemetery in ], where she spent the last months of her life. No pictures of her have survived.<ref name="Syrnicka"/> Her exact burial place is unknown, but an oak commemorative sculpture at the Utena cemetery bears her name,<ref>{{in lang|lt}} . Encyclopedia of Utena.</ref> as does the Telšiai Public Library.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520212124/http://www.euro.lt/old/showmenuitems.php?TopMenuID=42&MenuItemID=97&LangID=2 |date=2007-05-20 }}. Euro.lt</ref>

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19th-century Polish-Lithuanian writer
Karolina Proniewska grave in Utena Cemetery (exact place of burial is unknown)

Karolina Proniewska (pronunciation) or Karolina Praniauskaitė (1828–1859) was a romantic Polish-Lithuanian poet and translator, of Samogitian extraction. Born in Samogitia, a historical region of Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, she is sometimes referred to as a Samogitian Bard.

She wrote her original works exclusively in Polish and her poetry published in a single tome Piosneczki (Songs, 1858) initially gained much popularity. However, she also translated numerous works by Polish authors into the Lithuanian language, both in prose and in verse. She is considered one of the first women in the history of Lithuanian literature.

Her own poetry and translations, although popular during her lifetime, are today not widely read. She is remembered largely for her association with Antanas Baranauskas, who became a prominent Lithuanian poet, and one of the classic authors in that language, and whom she is said to have persuaded to write in the Lithuanian language.

Life and works

Karolina Anna Proniewska was born into a szlachta noble family in Samogitia, then under Imperial Russian rule. She was born 18 January 1828 in Padubysys Telšiai in a small manor where Polish culture predominated. Her father, Teofil Proniewski of Korwin, was an assessor at the local court, while her mother was Eleonora née Dobszewicz. Proniewska started to write poems at the age of seven. Her father died when she was seven and her mother had difficulties supporting both the manor and the family.

Antanas Baranauskas

Three of Karolina's brothers belonged to a close circle of Lithuanian intellectuals who were deeply involved with the growing Lithuanian national movement. As a girl she suffered from tuberculosis, and her eldest brother forbade her to read any books or write poetry, which he supposed would harm her already poor health. She disobeyed. Soon she moved to Telšiai, where she started working as a teacher. Another of her brothers, Otton Proniewski, the personal secretary to the Bishop of Samogitia Motiejus Valančius, financed the publication of a book of her poems, which made her regionally famous, partly due to publications in the Gazeta Warszawska, one of the most respected Polish-language newspapers of the time.

Strongly influenced by Adam Mickiewicz's romantic poetry, she is known to have devoted at least one poem to him. Although her published original works were written in the Polish language, with time she also made several translations of Polish-language classics into Lithuanian. Among the most notable of these translations is Matka węży by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. The translation is said to have had an unprecedented impact on Lithuanian culture as a fundamental work of Lithuanian high art, and to have been much of a much higher quality than her own dilettantish Polish verses.

In 1855, through her sister Tekla, she met Antanas Baranauskas, a young poet then working as a clerk at the nearby farm in Seda. Proniewska instilled into Baranauskas a love for the Lithuanian language and culture, and convinced him to start writing his poems in the Lithuanian language. Baranauskas wrote a poem in her honor, which became his poetic debut in 1857, D Karoliny P. The couple started to exchange letters and, with time, poems. Her brother Otton helped Baranauskas pass his entrance examinations into the Catholic school in Varniai, one of the few venues then open to a member of the lower social strata for attaining an education in 19th century Russia. Baranauskas went on to become a scholar of the Lithuanian language, and wrote what has been described as one of the greatest works in Lithuanian literature, Anykščių šilelis (The Forest of Anykščiai). He also went on to become a Roman Catholic bishop.

It is commonly accepted that Proniewska had been his friend and patron. However, prior to her death, she requested that all of their letters and her diaries be burned, and little documentation of their relationship has survived. She died at the age of 31, on 26 May 1859, and was buried at a cemetery in Utena, where she spent the last months of her life. No pictures of her have survived. Her exact burial place is unknown, but an oak commemorative sculpture at the Utena cemetery bears her name, as does the Telšiai Public Library.

References

  1. various authors; Paweł Hertz (1959). Zbiór poetów polskich XIX wieku (Anthology of Polish poets of 19th century) (in Polish). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. p. 347. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  2. (in Lithuanian) Kulturos Žemelapis Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine. Lithuanian Writer's Union, November 17, 2006.
  3. Povilas Vitkevičius (1998). "Bajorai Praniauskai A. Baranausko gyvenimo kelyje". Lietuvos bajoras (in Lithuanian) (3). Vilnius: Danielius: 29–30. ISSN 1392-1304. Save Karolina laikė žemaite. Translation: Karolina herself identified as Samogitian.
  4. ^ Zygmunt Stoberski (1974). Historia literatury litewskiej: zarys (in Polish). Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 55.
  5. ^ Krystyna Syrnicka (May 2002). "Karolina Proniewska – zapomniana poetka ze Żmudzi (Karolina Proniewska, a forgotten poet from Samogitia)". Nasz Czas (in Polish). 20 (559): 25. ISBN 9789639116429. ISSN 1641-7933. OCLC 69526313. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03.
  6. ^ Egidijus Aleksandravičius (2003). Giesmininko kelias (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Versus Aureus. p. 82. ISBN 9955-601-00-0.
  7. Dobkevičius, Kazimieras. "Kauno kunigų seminarija – katalikybės ir lietuvybės židinys". xxi Amzius (in Lithuanian). XXI amžius. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
  8. ^ Baranowski, Antoni (1987). Borek oniksztyński (Anykščiai Forest) (in Polish). Józef Jacek Rojek, Mieczysław Jackiewicz, Juozas Vaina. Olsztyn: Pojezierze. pp. XV–XVII. ISBN 978-83-7002-268-6. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  9. various authors (1970–1978). "Karolina Praniauskaite". Encyclopedia Lituanica. Vol. I–VI. Boston, Mass.: Lithuanian Encyclopedia Press. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  10. Tadeusz Gajl (2003). Herby szlacheckie Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów (in Polish). Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo "L&L". ISBN 83-88595-12-1.
  11. Egidijus Aleksandravičius (2003), p.83
  12. various authors (1961). Jerzy Starnawski (ed.). Adam Mickiewicz w poezji polskiej i obcej, 1818-1855-1955 (Adam Mickiewicz in Polish and foreign poetry) (in Polish). Wrocław: Ossolineum. p. 211. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  13. Endre Bojtár (2000). Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic People. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 243. ISBN 963-9116-42-4. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  14. Bojtár, Endre (1999). Foreword to the Past: A Cultural History of the Baltic People. Central European University Press. p. 243. ISBN 963-9116-42-4.
  15. Jackiewicz 1999, p. 132-133.
  16. Antanas Baranauskas. UNESCO, Lithuanian Classic Literature Anthology.
  17. Antanas Baranuskas. Encyclopædia Britannica
  18. Regina Mikšytė (1964). Antano Baranausko kūryba (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Vaga. pp. 37–50. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  19. (in Lithuanian) Istorijos paminklai (Historical Monuments) at the Utena Cemetery. Encyclopedia of Utena.
  20. Lithuania in the European Union - Europe information centres Archived 2007-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Euro.lt

Bibliography

  • Jackiewicz, Mieczysław (1999). Literatura litewska w Polsce w XIX i XX wieku [Lithuanian literature in Poland in the 19th and 20th centuries] (in Polish). Olsztyn: Wydawnictwa Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej w Olsztynie.

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