Korekty i uzupełnienia do biografii Teodory (Dory) Lebenthal
Corrections and Additions to the Biography of Teodora (Dora) Lebenthal

Summary/Abstract: Until now, little was known about Teodora Lebenthal, the mistress of the poet Bolesław Leśmian, and that information was mostly based on secondary sources such as accounts by the poet Jan Brzechwa or by Leśmian’s daughter, Maria Ludwika Mazurowa. Attempts to confirm these reports with relevant documents (vital records, official registers, address books and notes published in magazines) suggest, however, that most of them were untrue. The basic data revealed through archival research include the names of Teodora Lebenthal’s parents, her date of birth and her addresses in Warsaw. Administrators’ annotations in registers of medical practitioners as well as newspaper advertisements indicate that Lebenthal was a dermatologist. Other documents disprove the idea that Lebenthal was married to the surgeon Józef Szper. Finally, hitherto unknown information has emerged on Dora’s circle of acquaintances and on the last stage of her life in the small town of Iłża.

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