Kazimierz Andrzej Jaworski

Kazimierz Andrzej Jaworski (born November 28, 1897 in Siedliszcze, died September 6, 1973 in Lublin) is a Polish poet, translator and publisher.

In his work he was close to the programmatic intentions of the skamandrites. Born in Siedliszko, he was resettled with his mother to Kharkiv where he undertook medical studies. However, poetry was already interested in him, he wrote and read poems, and met Leopold Staff during his stay in Kharkov.

In 1919, he took advantage of the opportunity to return to his home town and settled in Chełm, abandoning his medical studies. He studied Polish studies at KUL and Warsaw University. He debuted in 1920 in the weekly "Polish Day" in Lublin, with sonnets about Jozef Pilsudski. He was not pleased with his work and the poems he later did not publish. In 1921 he volunteered to join the army. He returned to work as a polonist.

In 1933, together with Zenon Waśniewski, he founded the literary magazine "Kamen" in Chełm, initially appearing as a monthly magazine and funded by teacher contributions. The letter was noticed not only in the region, but also in the country. Bruno Schulz, Czesław Miłosz, Władysław Broniewski, Tadeusz Bocheński (poet) and Julian Tuwim, among others, published "Kamenie". Up to the outbreak of World War II, 50 numbers were published.

During the occupation Kazimierz Jaworski conducted secret teaching, so called. sets. He was arrested by the occupying German authorities and was imprisoned at the castle in Lublin and Sachsenhausen.

After the war he returned to writing activities, edited literary supplements, undertook translations of Russian literature, Czech literature, and also edited the revived "Kamena", published in Lublin. Since the late 1960s, he wrote his memoirs. His works were published by the Lublin Publishing House in a 12-volume series in the years 1971-1974. Authoritative control (person):

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