Background
Kamieńska was born on 12 April 1920 in Krasnystaw. Her father died early, so the burden of bringing up four daughters fell on her mother.
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Anna Kamienska
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From 1937, she studied at the Pedagogical School in Warsaw. After graduating from college in Lublin, she studied classical philology - initially at the Catholic University of Lublin, and then at the University of Lodz.
Career
Her parents were Tadeusz Kamienski and Maria z Cękalskich. Her early years were spent in Lublin. Anna"s first poetry was composed when she was about 14 (1936), published in "Płomyczek" under the auspices of Joseph Czechowicz.
During the Nazi occupation, she lived in Lublin, and taught in underground village schools.
Kamienska was affiliated with the cultural weekly "Country", where she was an editor from 1946 -1953, and the weekly "New Culture" (poetry editor, 1950-1963), and a monthly "" (from 1968). In the mid-fifties, she began to write songs for youth.
Anna and January worked together on translations of Russian poetry and drama, and edited numerous books In 1967 January suddenly fell ill with cancer and died 22 December.
Kamieńska turned to Christian faith, which deeply influenced her later works.
She died in Warsaw on 10 May 1986.
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Together they had two sons: January Leon (1949-1988 - a journalist, publicist, writer, social activist) and Paweł (born in 1951, professor of sociology at the University of Warsaw, and member of the Sejm, 2005 -2007).
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Religion
Christian