Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

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Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
ps. "Jan Bugaj"
Born(1921-01-22)22 January 1921
Warsaw, Poland
Died4 August 1944(1944-08-04) (aged 23)
Warsaw, German-occupied Poland
Occupation(s)poet, soldier
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Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, (Polish pronunciation:

nom de guerre: Jan Bugaj; 22 January 1921 – 4 August 1944) was a Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most well known of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets, of whom several perished in the Warsaw Uprising and during the German occupation of Poland.

Biography

Stone tablet marking the place of death of Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
Warsaw Uprising Museum

Baczyński was born in

Jewish roots, and as such was treated by the Germans as Jewish. His uncle, Dr. Adam Zieleńczyk, escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and was killed by Germans in 1943.[1]

Baczynski was

Szare Szeregi - Jan Bytnar (Rudy) and Tadeusz Zawadzki (Zośka). Baczynski debuted as a poet some time in 1938 in Strzała - a magazine published by the Organization of Socialist Youth Spartakus, to which he belonged himself. After graduation, he wished to continue his education at Warsaw's Academy of Fine Arts, but the outbreak of World War II
ended these plans.

During the German and Soviet (until 1941) occupation of Poland, he continued to work with the left-wing underground press, most notably with the "Płomienie" (Flames) and "

Batalion Zośka, after which he gave up studies, committing himself to the Polish resistance activities. In his apartment, he hid several pieces of weaponry, including submachine guns
and grenades.

On 6 July 1942, he married Barbara Drapczyńska, a university colleague. The marriage resulted in a set of erotica written by Baczyński, reputedly one of the most notable in the Polish language. Shortly before the Warsaw Uprising Baczyński gave a copy of all his poems to one of his friends, to hide in Żoliborz. Because of that, they survived the war.

As a member of

Harcerskie Grupy Szturmowe), Baczyński took part in many sabotage actions throughout the occupation. One of them was derailment of a German military train in August 1944, which resulted in a 26-hour delay of traffic on the strategic connection Warsaw-Białystok
.

After the

Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945 (pl
).

In his poems and short novels, Baczyński demonstrated both romantic traditions and catastrophism. His poems depict the brutality of war, and suggest that love is the only force that can effectively defend a human being against it. His talent was highly appreciated by his contemporaries, Stanisław Pigon, upon hearing news of Baczynski joining the Szare Szeregi, said to Kazimierz Wyka: We belong to a nation, whose fate is to shoot at the enemy with diamonds.

Baczyński in Polish culture

  • The 1984 film The Fourth Day (Dzień czwarty) tells the story of the last four days of his life.
  • In 1965, Polish singer Ewa Demarczyk sings Baczyński poems on LP "Wiersze wojenne" (eng. "War Poems") [2]
  • 1990 Jacek Kaczmarski: Kosmopolak – "Barykada (Śmierć Baczyńskiego)",
  • 1991 Grzegorz Turnau: Naprawdę nie dzieje się nic,
  • 2005 Lao Che: Powstanie Warszawskie – "Godzina W"
  • 2007 Zbigniew Hołdys: - Pocałunek
  • 2012 Tadek (FIRMA) - Elegia o chłopcu polskim
  • The 2013 film "Baczyński"
  • 2020 "Astronomia Poety. Baczyński." − Album by Kwadrofonik and Mela Koteluk
  • 2021 Jacob George Scyther - "Pomarańczowy Ogór"
  • 2022 sanah - Baczyński (pisz do mnie listy)

Published works

  • White Magic and Other Poems trans. by Bill Johnston (Los Angeles: Green Integer, 2005).

References

  1. ^ Magdalena Grochowska Wezwani by umrzeć, Gazeta Wyborcza, 6 August 2004
  2. YouTube

Levine, Madeline G. Contemporary Polish Poetry, 1925-1975 (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1981).

Further reading

  • Mortkowicz-Olczakowa, Hanna (1961). Bunt wspomnień. Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy.

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