Emil Zegadłowicz
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Born | Biała, Galicia, Austria-Hungary | 20 July 1888
Died | 24 February 1941 Sosnowiec, German-occupied Poland | (aged 52)
Occupation | Poet, writer, translator |
Nationality | Polish |
Genre | Expressionism |
Notable works | Zmory, Motory |
Emil Zegadłowicz (20 July 1888 – 24 February 1941) was a Polish poet, prose writer, novelist, playwright, translator, expert of art; co-originator of Polish expressionism, member of expressionists' group Zdrój, co-founder of group Czartak.
Biography
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Zegadłowicz was born on 20 July 1888 in Biała, now part of Bielsko-Biała in to the family of a teacher. From 1906 to 1911 he studied Polish philology, German philology and history of art at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, then he continued his studies in Vienna and Dresden. Although born in a German language island of Bielsko and Biała, he wasn't much connected with this region and lived in Gorzeń Górny near Wadowice and Poznań.
From 1917 to 1922 he collaborated with group of Poznań expressionists related with periodical Zdrój. In 1919 became an officeholder of the Ministry of Culture and Art. He initiated and co-founded regional literary group and periodical Czartak. From 1927 to 1931 was a literary manager of Polish Theatre in Poznań. He was an editor of Roman Catholic periodical Tęcza (1928–1929), editor of theatre magazine Świat Kulis, programme director in Poznań broadcasting station of Polskie Radio. In 1933–1934 he was a literary manager in theatre of Katowice. In 1934 he became an editor of periodical Wieś. Later Zegadłowicz fall afoul of Roman Catholic Church and the Right, and in 1936 became a sympathiser of the Left.
He died on 24 February 1941 in Sosnowiec.
Works
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- Powsinogi beskidzkie (1923)
- Kolędziołki beskidzkie (1923)
- Żywot Mikołaja Srebrempisanego (1927–1929)
- Zmory (1935)
- Motory (1938)
- Wasz korespondent donosi (1939, theatre play, missing)
- Domek z kart (1940, theatre play)
References
[edit]- Hierowski, Zdzisław (1947). 25 lat literatury na Śląsku 1920–1945. Katowice, Wrocław: Wydawnictwa Instytutu Śląskiego. OCLC 69489660.
- "Zegadłowicz Emil". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- "Zegadłowicz Emil". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
External links
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- Emil Zegadłowicz Museum (in Polish)
- Works by Emil Zegadłowicz at Digital Silesian Library (in Polish)
- 1888 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Bielsko-Biała
- Jagiellonian University alumni
- Expressionist writers
- Polish male novelists
- 20th-century Polish poets
- Polish male dramatists and playwrights
- Polish translators
- Polish editors
- Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature
- 20th-century Polish novelists
- 20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century translators
- Polish male poets
- 20th-century Polish male writers
- Polish poet stubs