Bronisława Wajs, “Papusza”, the first Polish Romani woman to have her poetry published. Her own community punished her for it: writing down what was oral, for outsiders, was seen as betrayal. There’s a beautiful film about her on Filmin.
Bronisława Wajs, “Papusza”, the first Polish Romani woman to have her poetry published. Her own community punished her for it: writing down what was oral, for outsiders, was seen as betrayal. There’s a beautiful film about her on Filmin.