Anna Ciundziewicka | |
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Born | 18 July 1803 Karališčavičy, Igumensky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 18 April 1850 Kiščyna Słabada, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire | (aged 46)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Polish |
Genre | Household advice |
Anna Ciundziewicka (née Prószyński; 18 July 1803 – 18 April 1850) was an early household and recipe advice writer of Polish ethnicity. She wrote "The Housekeeper of Lithuania" (Gospodyni litewska) in the Polish language.
Ciundziewicka was born into a well-off family in KarališčavičyOgończyk coat of arms, subcamerarius of Minsk, and Tekla née Wolański. Her sister Michalina married Hipolit Siemiradzki; their son was the painter Henryk Siemiradzki.
, in 1803. She was the daughter of Michał Prószyński of theShe was educated at a boarding school in Vilnius. In 1826, she married into the Ciundziewicki family. Her new family ran a large farm in the village of Kiščyna Słabada and she gathered information about it.
In 1848 she published "The Housekeeper of Lithuania" (Gospodyni litewska) in Vilnius.[1][2]
She died in 1850, and was buried at her family's chapel.