Stefania Kossowska

Her father was a noted lawyer, Stanisław Szurlej, and her mother, Jadwiga Ciepielowska, was of Polish Jewish descent.

Later her journalism encompassed titles such as, the Warsaw evening paper, Wieczór Warszawski, ABC and Prosto z mostu.

[3] Before the war she made a brief excursion to Italy, as a press correspondent and there in Sicily, she met Polish artist, Adam Kossowski.

From 1940 onwards she became a contributor to London and Paris-based publications, among them, Wiadomości Polskie, Polityczne i Literackie, ”Biuletyn Światpolu”, The Polish Daily, "Polska Walcząca”, writing regular commentary and sketches.

[4] Between 1953 and 1981 Kossowska was increasingly involved with the editing of the weekly, Wiadomości, and contributing the "News from London" column, under the pseudonym, Big Ben.