Zuzanna Ginczanka

Zuzanna Ginczanka
BornZuzanna Polina Gincburg
(1917-03-22)March 22, 1917
Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1944 (aged 26)
Kraków, General Government, German-occupied Poland
Pen nameZuzanna Gincburżanka
Zuzanna Polonia Gincburg
Sana Ginzburg
Sana Ginsburg
Sana Weinzieher
OccupationPoet, writer, translator, author of radio dramas
NationalityPolish
PeriodInterbellum (1928–1939)
Second World War
GenreLyric poetry (katastrofizm)
Satirical poetry
SubjectSensuous joie de vivre, biologism
Literary movementGrupa poetycka Wołyń (Równe)
Skamander
Notable worksO centaurach (1936)
Poem "Non omnis moriar" (1942)
Notable awardsHonourable mention, Young Poets’ Competition (Turniej Młodych Poetów) of the Wiadomości Literackie, 1934
SpouseMichał Weinzieher (from 1940)
RelativesSimon Ginzburg (Pol., Szymon Gincburg; father)
Tsetsiliya Ginzburg (Pol., Cecylia Gincburg; secundo voto Roth; mother);
Klara Sandberg (maternal grandmother)

Zuzanna Ginczanka, pen name Zuzanna Polina Gincburg (March 22, 1917 – 1944) was a Polish-Jewish poet of the interwar period. Although she only published a single collection of poetry in her lifetime, her book O centaurach (On Centaurs, 1936) created a sensation in Poland's literary circles. She was arrested and executed in Kraków shortly before the end of World War II.