POŚWIATOWSKA Halina - Ode to the hands. Warsaw 1966; Czytelnik. 16d, pp. 88, [3]. Brochure,.

POŚWIATOWSKA Halina - Ode to the hands. Warsaw 1966; Czytelnik. 16d, pp. 88, [3]. Broch., wraps.
Wrappers slightly rubbed, otherwise good condition. Foreign dedication. First edition of the third and last volume of poetry by Poswiatowska published during her lifetime. Volume dedicated in print to the author's sister Margosia. Wrappers by Andrew Heidrich.
H. Poswiatowska (1935-1967) - poet; she published her first poems in the pages of "Gazeta Czestochowska" in 1956, but considered her poems printed in the Cracow "Zebra" in 1957 to be her proper debut. Poświatowska's life and work were overshadowed by her serious heart disease; the poet fought it throughout her adult life, spending much of it in sanatoriums and hospitals. "Halina Poswiatowska's poetry is a study of human nature, a woman longing for love and a woman aware of her death" (Wikipedia).