Gustawa Jarecka (23.12.1908–18.01.1943)
Writer and prose writer, translator, and Polish teacher. She was born in Kalisz, the daughter of Moszek, a merchant from Zagórów, and Natalia, who came from Poznań. She had two siblings, Irena and Albert. She graduated from high school in Łódź and then, in 1931, from the Polish Department of the University of Warsaw. Her literary debut, "Other People," was published in 1931. She was the author of three more novels: "Stare Siny" (Stare Siny, 1934), "Przed Jutrem" (Before Tomorrow, 1936), and "Ludzie i Bannery" (People and Banners, 1936).