Halina Poświatowska (born Helena Myga, May 9, 1935, Częstochowa, Poland – October 11, 1967, Warsaw, Poland) - Polish poet and writer, one of the most important figures in modern Polish literature.(1935 - 1967. an Autobiography in the form of letters to a blind writer. As a little girl, when the war front went through her home town, Czestochowa, Halina spent a few days in hiding in a cellar, together with her parents. When they were able to come out again, it turned out that she was ill. After emigrating to the US, she died at age 32
Halina Poswiatowska
Poswiatowska emerged in 1958 as a part of a transition in Polish poetry from social realism of a war and post-war world to a much stronger emphasis on the intangible things: courage to express irony, oneself, distance, emotion. An unusual phenomenon of the time, Poswiatowska was just what Poland needed.
When she was young, the war front went through her hometown of Czestochowa. She spent a few days hiding with her parents in a cellar, which caused an illness, which was followed by complications that included a serious heart condition. Because of the symptoms of this unknown disease, she was unable to go to school. With her mother’s help, she studied on her own.
Even though she spent time in hospitals and sanatoria, her condition did not improve. At one of the sanatoria, she met Adolf Poswiatowska, who would later become her husband. He was an aspiring film director and also had a heart condition. He, unfortunately, died shortly after they were married.