Wanda Leopold
(1920-1977)
Polish author, medical doctor and social science activist
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Wanda Leopold (1920-1977) was an author, doctor, and social science activist best known for her study of English writings beginning in West Africa, specifically Nigeria. A translator as well as a literary critic, she stressed the artistic qualities of creative writing. She was a scholar of Polish culture, literature, and language. Her book, "O literaturze Czarnej Afryki," (On The Literature of Black Africa) was the first Polish introduction to African literature that was written in both English, and French. Some of her first critical essays were on Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, and Wole Soyinka.
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13 October 1920
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| Died |
8 October 1977 (aged 56)
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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