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Karolina Proniewska (Template:Lang-lt, 1828 - 1859) was a Lithuanian romantic poet and translator. Sometimes referred to as a Samogitian Bard. She is best known as the person to convince Antanas Baranauskas, a great Lithuanian poet and one of the classics of that language, to write in the Lithuanian language.

Biography

Karolina Anna Proniewska, a Samogitian noblewoman, was born January 18, 1828 in Padurbinys, a small manor near Telšiai. Her father, Teofil Proniewski of Korwin, was an assessor 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 tuberculosis, 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 Telšiai, where she started working as a teacher. Another of her brothers, Otton Proniewski, personal secretary of Bishop of Samogitia Motiejus ValančiusCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).. She died at the age of 31, on May 26, 1859. She was buried at a local cemetery in Utena, where she spent the last months of her life. Not a single picture of her survived.

Notes and references

1. Mukienė, Danutė (2003-05-15). "Žemaitijos rašytojai" (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2007-04-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. Template:Pl icon Krystyna Syrnicka (2002). "Karolina Proniewska - zapomniana poetka ze Żmudzi". Nasz Czas (in Polish). 20 (559): 25. ISSN 1641-7933 OCLC 69526313. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
3. Egidijus Aleksandravičius (2003). Giesmininko kelias (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Versus Aureus. pp. p.82. ISBN 9955-601-00-0. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)

• 1828 births
• 1859 deaths
• Polish poets
• Polish translators
• Lithuanian translators