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Arts & Literature
Bolesław Leśmian
Who
Bolesław Leśmian · Arts & Literature
What
Poet / lyricist
When
1877, Warsaw, Russian Empire (Poland) — 1937, Warsaw, Poland
Where
Poland
Biography
Bolesław Leśmian is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
How & why
Bolesław Leśmian was one of the greatest Polish poets, whose highly original, neologism-rich verse and philosophical fairy-tale imagery mark a summit of twentieth-century Polish literature. He also wrote in Russian and worked as a notary. Leśmian was Jewish, born Bolesław Lesman to an assimilated Polish Jewish family in Warsaw.
Sources & external links
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists
Contributions & Sources
Poet / lyricist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Poets & Lyricists
