Zofia Oleśnicka

However more recent scholarship has questioned the attribution of this collection to Zofia, and has ascribed the poems to Cyprian Bazylik, a poet and composer among the Calvinist nobility.

She was daughter of the Calvinist starost (alderman) of Chęciny, Hieronim Szafraniec and his second wife, Zofia Zborowska.

She was ascribed by Stanisław Lubieniecki in his History of the Polish Reformation (Historia Reformationis Polonicae 1685)[1] as the author of 5 metric psalms in the 12 song collection of Cyprian Bazylik „Z ochotnem sercem, Ciebie wysławiam mój Panie” ("with a willing heart, I praise you my Lord.")

This would make her the first woman poet in Poland along possibly with the Lutheran pastor's wife Regina Filipowska (died 1557).

The issue is still debated - no hard evidence exists confirming or denying Zofia's hand in the 5 poems.