Kornel Makuszyński
Kornel Makuszyński | |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Stryi, Ukraine) | |
| Died | 31 July 1953 (aged 69) Zakopane, Polish People's Republic (now Poland) |
| Notable awards | Polish Academy of Literature (Gold Laurel) |
Kornel Makuszyński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkɔrnɛl makuˈʂɨɲskʲi]; 8 January 1884 – 31 July 1953) was a Polish writer of children's and youth literature.[1][2] He was an elected member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature in the interwar Poland.[3]
Life
Makuszyński was born in
Kiev in 1915, where he ran the Polish Theatre and was the chairman of the Polish writers and journalist community. He moved to Warsaw in 1918,[2]
and became a writer.
His
children's books, particularly the series about the goat, Koziołek Matołek, illustrated by Marian Walentynowicz, have an enduring popularity in Poland, whatever the sharp changes in the country's fortunes and its political system. They have been translated into many other languages. Among others, they are very popular in Israel
, where Polish Jewish immigrants since the 1920s and 1930s took care to have many of them translated into Hebrew and introduced them to their own children.
Makuszyński was temporarily blacklisted right after World War II by his chief rival at the Polish Academy of Literature and later, communist apparatchik Wincenty Rzymowski, a plagiarist. Makuszyński died in 1953 in Zakopane, where he lived from 1945. He was buried at the Peksowe Brzysko cemetery in Zakopane. There is a museum dedicated to him in the city, originally launched by his widow, Janina.[4]
Works
- Arabian Affairs (1913; Awantury Arabskie)
- Innocent Years (1925; Bezgrzeszne lata)
- O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc; filmed in 1962 starring Lech Kaczyński, former President of Poland, and his identical twin brother Jarosław, former Prime Minister of Poland)
- 120 adventures of Matołek the Billy-Goat (1933; 120 Przygód Koziołka Matołka)
- The Smile of Lwów, (1934; Usmiech Lwowa)
- filmed1959)
- Satan from the 7th grade(1937; Szatan z siódmej klasy)
- Merry Devil's Friend (1937; Przyjaciel wesołego diabła; filmed 1987)
- About the Wawel Dragon (1937; O wawelskim smoku; filmed 1987)
- Miss Eva's folly (1940; Szaleństwa panny Ewy; filmed 1985)
See also
- List of Poles
References
- ^ a b c (in Polish) Dorota Piasecka. Proza Kornela Makuszyńskiego dla młodego odbiorcy: zarys problematyki. PWN. 1984. pp. 11, 34.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-26007-9.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Polska Akademia Literatury". Encyklopedia Onet.pl, Grupa Onet.pl SA. 2011. Archived from the original on September 19, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Editorial. "Kornel Makuszyński - biografia". Kalendarium życia Kornela Makuszyńskiego. Szkoła Podstawowa im. Kornela Makuszyńskiego w Różańsku. Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
External links
- Kornel Makuszyński at Culture.pl
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