Maria Antonina Boniecka

née Olaszewska (born on 19 June 1910 in Warsaw), writer, publicist, and columnist.

In 1934, she graduated in Philosophy from Wolna Wszechnica Polska (Free Polish University) in Warsaw. Between 1934 and 1939, she was a teacher in a vocational school for adults. In 1937, she was decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit for combating illiteracy. From 1942, she served in the Home Army. Arrested during the Warsaw Uprising, she was imprisoned in the camp in Małszyce.

From 1946, she was involved with Szczecin. Between 1947 and 1948, she was Art Director at the Small Theatre, the first theatre in Szczecin. She taught the Polish language at the 2nd State Male Lower Secondary School, known as "Pobożniak". Speaker of Towarzystwo Wiedzy Powszechnej. She collaborated with Rozgłośnia Polskiego Radia (Polish radio).

She was the originator and Editor-in- Chief of "Morze i Ziemia" weekly. From 1952, she was a member of the Polish Writers' Union. In 1959, she was awarded the Szczecin Literary Award. Oppressed and intimidated by the communist authorities in the Polish People's Republic, in 1965 she emigrated with her family to Australia. She authored more than 200 reports and columns, and a few novels, including Przez okienną szybę (1946); Nad wielkim zalewem (1950); Opowieść o Justynie (1955-56); and a collection of short stories Księga miłości i cierpienia (1958). In 1975, while abroad, she published her last book, Ucieczka za druty.