2010 - rok Marii Konopnickiej i Elizy Orzeszkowej

In the paper 2010 as year of the centennial anniversary of death of two famous Polish novelists is presented. The author analyses their lives, writings and friendship because the two novelists new each other very well. However the author focuses on educational issues of their lives and works. He analyses their ways of educational career as well as their educational activity in the area of literature. He also points to their views and social activity in time of the 19th century when Poland was still divided into three parts and governed by three foreign empires. He underlines that their writings and social activity were crucial for Polish cultural identity shaping and sustaining.