Background
She was born on 15 October 1905 in Warsaw to a Jewish family, as a daughter of Jakób Mortkowicz (1876-1931), a book publisher and Janina Horwitz (1875-1960), a writer
She was born on 15 October 1905 in Warsaw to a Jewish family, as a daughter of Jakób Mortkowicz (1876-1931), a book publisher and Janina Horwitz (1875-1960), a writer
University of Warsaw. Academy of Fine Arts.
Her parents were leading a bookshop. Hanna Mortkowicz-Olczakowa graduated Polish studies and art history from the University of Warsaw, also she was studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. As a poet she debuted in 1920.
Their daughter, Joanna Olczak-Ronikier is also a writer