Last name: Słonimski
Name/names: Antoni
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Born: 15 November 1895 (Warsaw, Poland)
Died: 4 June 1976 (Warsaw, Poland).
Antoni Słonimski – ur. 1895, zm. 1976, poet and columnist. He came from the assimilated family Jew. on scientific and literary-freedoms traditions. Initiator and co -founder (1918) katreto. in the cafe near Picador, co -founder of the Skamander poetic group, 1924-39 stały współpracownik Literary news
, where he announced, among others. Reviews Teatr. (Rape at Melpomena, t. 1 2 1959 confiscated by censorship, wide. 2 1982) and columns (Weekly chronicle, from 1927, choice 1956). From 1939 in exile, Initially in Paris, from 1940 in London, m.in. 1946-48 kier. UNESCO literature section, 1948-51 Animal Rector Inst. Polish culture. W 1951 He returned to the country. 1956-59 President of ZLP; in the early years 50. He joined the official life of lit., later he chose an attitude of consistent independence, He defended creative freedoms and political freedoms. (m.in. 1964 Initiator and signatory to the letter 34, 1975 Participant of the protest against changes in the Constitution of the Polish People's Republic).
Opponent of the avant -garde. tendencies in the poetry of the 20th century., He sought it, for a poetic statement to be communicative and emotional, and formally precise at the same time. In the lyrics, it has evolved from Parnasist poetics (SONETY, 1918) i. (Black Spring 1919, A collection confiscated on the charges of spreading an anarchic rebellion.) towards reflective and semal poetry and publicist. (Hour of poetry 1923, Road to the east 1924, Window without times 1935), with a pacifist and anti -otalitarian overtones, related to the romantic tradition (A. Mickiewicz, H. Heine), Especially in war work (Alarm 1940, Age 1945, poemat wspomnieniowy Ash and wind 1942). In post -war poetry (wide. 1963 w zbiorze Poems 1958-1963) mainly moved moralistic and civic content. The expression of the views of liberal intelligence, rationalist and skeptic, He clearly marked his personality in journalism, especially columns, in which he used humor masterfully, parody, Purnonsensem (m.in. zbiory Settled, t. 1 i 2 1962-64, Presence). In addition, allegorical social dramas (Babel tower, issue. 1927), satirical comedies (Warsaw Negro, issue. 1928), Anti -utopian fantastic novels (Time torpedo 1924).