| Wanda Szajowska | |
 Szajowska at the age of 111 | |
| Birth: | 12 February 1911 Lviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) |
| Death: | 26 August 2022 Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland |
| Age: | 111 years, 195 days |
| Country: |  POL
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| Unvalidated | |
Wanda Szajowska (née Zarzycka; 12 February 1911 – 26 August 2022) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Polish supercentenarian and pianist whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She had been the oldest known living person in Poland from the death of 116-year-old Tekla Juniewicz on 19 August 2022, until her own death a week later.
Biography[]
Wanda Szajowska was born in Lviv, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) on 12 February 1911. She was a trained pianist, and was believed to be the oldest known living pianist in the world at the time of her death.
When she was young, Szajowska graduated from a conservatory, where she took part in singing and piano classes. She later went on to become a piano teacher at the Experimental Music College in Krakow.
At the age of 100, Szajowska underwent arm surgery after fracturing her wrist, but was still able to play the piano.
In February 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Szajowska became the oldest known living person in Poland, following the death of 116-year-old Tekla Juniewicz on 19 August 2022.
Wanda Szajowska died at her home in Krakow, Lesser Poland on 26 August 2022, at the age of 111 years, 195 days. According to a friend of hers, Szajowska had been in good health until a few days before she died, when her health had reportedly started to deteriorate.
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External Links[]
- 108 year old pianist doesn't let age stop her playing TV NEWS.PL (YouTube), 5 June 2019
References[]
- Najstarsza pianistka mieszka w Krakowie Wanda Szajowska urodziła się 110 lat temu Dziennik Polski, 15 February 2021
- Pianistka Wanda Szajowska świętuje 111. urodziny Kraków, 12 February 2022
- Zmarła najstarsza Polka. Nie żyje Wanda Szajowska Wiadomości, 26 August 2022
- Wanda Szajowska, the oldest Polish woman, is dead. She was 111 years old Polish News, 26 August 2022
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Rozalia Obrebski • Katarzyna Kosiorowska • Stanislawa Sobecka • Marianna Tetkowska • Stefania Bartkowska • Michal Zatorski • Katarzyna Swider • Anna Lamacz • Filipina Niewiadomska • Rozalia Milczarek • Maria Basta • Rozalia Dyrcz • Katarzyna Wilkowa • Klara Spitzenfeil • Anna Wolanska • Jan Michalski • Frument Jaroszynski • Beata Bryl • Anna Tomecka • Wlodzimierz Rogosz • Jan Szarpala • Karolina Lucko • Zofia Martyniak • Maria Unijewska • Marta Piekarska • Wladyslaw Ratman • Agnieszka Wojcik • Helena Konowal • Stefania Grabala • Jozefa Mordacz • Jadwiga Zolotucho • Anna Klim • Franciszek Karwowski • Marianna Smolarczyk • Ludwika Kosztyla • Michalina Wasilewska • Wanda Wierzchleyska • Marianna Misiewicz • Jozefa Karczewska • Jozefa Stanislawa Szyda • Marianna Mroz • Aleksandra Dranka • Jozefa Bak • Ludwika Wasowicz • Jadwiga Mlynek • Jadwiga Szubartowicz • Tekla Juniewicz • Wanda Szajowska • Jozefa Ciesielska • Anna Gawlowska |