Sophie Zaïkowska
Sophie Zaïkowska | |
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Born | 1880 |
Died | 1939 (aged 58–59) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Writer, nutritionist |
Known for | Promotion of individualist anarchism and veganism |
Sophia Zaikowska (1880 in Lithuania – 1939 in France) was a French writer, individualist anarchist of Polish descent, nutritionist and early promoter of veganism.
Life[]
Zaikowska studied physical and natural sciences in Geneva before moving to France in 1898. She specialized in nutrition.[1]
Before the First World War, she contributed to various libertarian journals such as L'Education libertaire, L'Autarcie and in particular La Vie anarchiste, of which she became the editor in 1920.[2]
Interested in Georges Butaud's project of creating an anarchist colony, she became his partner and collaborator in 1921 in the journal Le Néo-Naturien. She cofounded with him the free milieus of Vaux, Bascon and la Pie.[3] The failure of these attempts at "libertarian colonies" did not end her activism.
Veganism[]
With her partner she edited the journal Le Végétalien, which she managed from 1926. She was passionate about the ideas of , a close friend of the couple, and organized the vegan kitchen in the Rue Mathis in Paris. Zaïkowska wrote the article on végétalien (veganism) for Sébastien Faure's Anarchist Encyclopedia.[4]
With Georges Butaud, she founded a vegan colony in Bascon near Château-Thierry.[5] Zaïkowska and Butaud eliminated all dairy products and sugar from their diet and consumed only plant products.[6]
Selected publications[]
Her writings include:
- A Study On Work (with G. Butaud, 1912)
- Victor Lorenc (1929)
- Life and Death of Georges Butaud (1929)
- Végétalien (encyclopedia article, 1934)
Some of her texts were republished in such anthologies as:
- Emilie Lamotte, Jeanne Morand, Sophie Zaïkowska, L'En-Dehors, Paris, 2005.
- Communautés, naturiens, végétariens, végétaliens et crudivégétaliens dans le mouvement anarchiste français: textes, Invariance, Paris, 1994.
References[]
- ^ (in French) Jean Maitron ZAÏKOWSKA Sophie Dictionnaire biographique mouvement ouvrier mouvement social.
- ^ Les milieux libres: Vivre en anarchiste à la Belle Epoque en France, by Céline Beaudet, Paris, 2003.
- ^ Crossley, Ceri. (2005). Consumable Metaphors: Attitudes towards Animals and Vegetarianism in Nineteenth-Century France. Peter Lang. p. 276. ISBN 978-3039101900
- ^ McKay, Robert; Miller, John. (2017). Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic. University of Wales Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-78683-102-6
- ^ Lummel, Peter. (2016). Food and the City in Europe Since 1800. Routledge. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7546-4989-2
- ^ Baubérot, Arnaud. (2004). Histoire du naturisme: Le mythe du retour à la nature. Presses universitaires de Rennes. p. 211. ISBN 978-2753500204
- 1880 births
- 1939 deaths
- French activists
- French anarchists
- French libertarians
- French nutritionists
- French women activists
- Individualist anarchists
- Proto-vegans
- Veganism activists