Comes from a group called Polish Romani Lowlands. For several centuries were travellers in Poland (thus: "Polish"), settled in 1950.
Bronislawa Wajs, whose Roma name is Papusza (Doll), is one of the world's first Roma authors. In contrast to Alexander Germano, (1893, Russia), or Matéo Maximoff, (1917, Barcelona; later, France), who wrote, edited and managed to have their own works published, Papusza owes her "discovery" and publication of her books of verses to the famous Polish poet Julian Tuwim, but primarily to the outstanding Polish romist, Jerzy Ficowski.
http://ling.kfunigraz.ac.at/~rombase/cgi-bin/art.cgi?src=data/pers/papusza.en.xml
Are these real pictures of Papusza? Do you know that there is an amazing new polish movie about Papusza's life with outstanding music? You have to see it! Best wishes!
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