Kika Szaszkiewiczowa

Irena "Kika" Szaszkiewiczowa (4 March 1917 – 11 August 2014) was a Polish artist, writer and blogger.

Her fictional adventures were described in the comics called Szaszkiewiczowa, czyli Ksylolit w jej życiu, which was being published in Przekrój since 1958. During World War II, she was a member of Armia Krajowa. In 1969–2007 she lived in Norway. 

In 2011, she published her memoir titled Podwójne życie Szaszkiewiczowej (The Double Life of Szaszkiewiczowa). Since 2013, she runs a blog Moje pierwsze 100 lat (My First 100 Years). Her sister, Maria Jarochowska, was a writer and communist activist.

Szaszkiewiczowa died in her appartament in Kraków, Poland from natural causes, aged 97.

 Bibliography 
 Irena Kika Szaszkiewiczowa: Podwójne życie Szaszkiewiczowej. Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 2011. ISBN 978-83-08-04790-3.

 Other websites 

 Szaszkiewiczowa blog 

Category:1917 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Polish artists
Category:Bloggers
Category:Writers from Kraków