Maria Krüger (1904–1999) was a Polish
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
writer and journalist. Krüger participated in the
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...
. Several of her children's books received radio and television adaptations, and have been required reading in Polish schools.
Daughter of author Edmund Krüger and Aniela Paulina Krüger (née Dobosiewicz), older sister of director and animator Halina Bielińska.
Selected works:
* ''
Karolcia'' (1959)
* ''
Godzina pąsowej róży'' (1960)
* ''
The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko ...
'' (1967)
* ''
Witaj, Karolciu'' (1970)
References
* ''Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury. Słownik biobibliograficzny'', T. 4, pod red. J. Czachowskiej, A. Szałagan. Warszawa: WSiP, 1996, p. 388. .
1904 births
1999 deaths
Polish children's writers
Polish writers of young adult literature
Polish women children's writers
20th-century Polish women writers
20th-century Polish novelists
20th-century Polish journalists
Warsaw Uprising insurgents
Women in World War II
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