Hanna Ożogowska



Hanna Ożogowska (20 July 1904 in Warsaw – 27 May 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish novelist and poet.

She graduated from Special Pedagogy Institute and Pedagogy Faculty of Free Polish University (Wolna Wszechnica Polska). She debuted in 1932 in a weekly magazine Płomyk as a child literature author. She worked in secondary schooling in Łódź till 1951. After World War II she was the president of Pedagogical Secondary School for Kindergarten Educators in Łódź. She was the editor of Płomyk.

Prizes

 * 1956 - Golden Cross of Merit
 * 1959 - Prime Minister's Award
 * 1967 - Medal of the National Education Commission
 * 1968 - Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
 * 1974 - Order of the Smile (Order Uśmiechu)
 * 1974 & 1981 - Eagle's Feather prize (Orle Pióro)
 * 1979 - the title of "Distinguished Teacher of the PRL"
 * 1984 - State Prize
 * 1984 - Golden Cross of Merit of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
 * 1984 - Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
 * 1985 - Award of the City of Warsaw