Anna Ciundziewicka
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.
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| Born | 18 July 1803 Karališčavičy, Igumensky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 April 1850 (aged 46) Kiščyna Słabada, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Genre | Household advice |
Life
Ciundziewicka was born into a well-off family in Karališčavičy, in 1803. She was the daughter of Michał Prószyński of the Ogończyk coat of arms, subcamerarius of Minsk, and Tekla née Wolański. Her sister Michalina married Hipolit Siemiradzki; their son was the painter Henryk Siemiradzki.
She 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.
References
- Tasting Historical Europe: eCookbook on culinary threads between Austria and Lithuania, 3 May 2016, Austrian National Library, Retrieved 27 April 2017
- Anna Ciundziewicka (1848). Gospodyni litewska czyli Nauka utrzymania porządnie domu i zaopatrzenia go we wszystkie przyprawy i zapasy kuchenne, apteczkowe i gospodarskie tudzież hodowania i utrzymania bydła, ptastwa i innych żywiołów według sposobów wyprobowańszych i najdoświadczeńszych, a razem najtańszych i najprostszych.