Anna Mostowska

Agnieszka Łowczanin (University of Lodz)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Ewa M. Thompson (Rice University)

Dates

Born c. 1762
Died 1810
Activity c. 1806-1809

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Born in Poland
Active in Poland

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Prose writer

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Mostowska's Works

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Anna Barbara Olimpia Mostowska née Radziwiłł (Przeździecka by her first marriage) (c.1762–c.1811) was the first female writer of ghost stories in Polish and the first female professional writer to receive royalties for her work.

Many of the facts concerning Mostowska’s life are speculative; even the exact dates of her birth and death remain uncertain. She was born most probably in Nieśwież (Nesvizh), then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Belarus), into a lesser line of one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Lithuania, the Radziwiłłs. In 1778, at the age of sixteen, she married August Dominik Przeździecki (1760–1782) and settled on his family property in Zasław (Zaslawye), where she would return at the end of her life. After her first husband’s

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Citation: Łowczanin, Agnieszka. "Anna Mostowska". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 October 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14756, accessed 23 November 2024.]