Jan Brzechwa

Last name: Lesman
Name/names: Jan, Victor
Also known as: Jan Brzechwa
Born: 15 August 1898 (Cheerful, Podole)
Died: 2 July 1966 (Warsaw, Poland).

Jan Brzechwa (right. Jan Wiktor Lesman) – ur. 15 August 1989 (Some sources give as a date of birth 1900), poet, author of many popular fairy tales, satirist, advocate.

Brat stryjeczny Bolesława Leśmiana który to wymyślił mu pseudonim “Brzechwa”.

Member of the International Copyright Commission, 1957-62 Chairman of the board of ZAiKS; he debuted as a satirist, Then he practiced reflective and moody lyrics. Known mainly as the author of playful songs for children and stories about Mr. Kleks.

Literary work

• 1926 - faces made up
• 1929 – Talismans
• 1937 - a needle danced with a thread
• 1939 - Duck of a weirdo
• 1946 - Mr. Kleks Academy
• 1946 - bird rumors
• 1946 – Adventures of flea flea
• 1946 - Mr. Drops and his corpse
• 1948 - on the Bergamutes islands
• 1948 - told the Sowie woodpecker
• 1948 - the adventures of the knight Szaływy
• 1951 - We learn to walk
• 1953 - Pietruszki Theater
• 1953 - truancy
• 1957 - magic
• 1958 - sucked out of the leg
• 1958 - One hundred fairy tales
• 1958 – When the fruit ripens
• 1961 - Mr. Kleks's travels
• 1964 - laughing worth
• 1965 - From fairy tales to fairy tales
• 1965 - Mr. Kleks's triumph