Jan Kasprowicz
Jan Kasprowicz (born December 12, 1860 in Szymborze near Inowrocław , Kingdom of Prussia , † August 1, 1926 in Poronin near Zakopane ) was a Polish writer , poet, literary translator and university teacher.
Life
After high schools in Ratibor and Posen , he studied philology and philosophy in Leipzig and Breslau. In 1885 he published his first poems, worked as a journalist, received his doctorate in 1904 and in 1908 was given the chair for comparative literary history at the University of Lemberg , where he was rector from 1921–1922.
Kasprowicz belonged to the circle of poets of the Young Poland and wrote form-conscious, expressive poems. He translated works by Shakespeare , Byron , Goethe , Schiller and others into Polish.
Works (selection)
Poems
- 1887: From the farmer's hut . (Z chałupy)
- 1889: poetry . (Poezje)
- 1890: Christ, socio-religious poem . (Chrystus)
- 1891: From the village field . (Z chłopskiego zagonu)
- 1894: Anima Lacrimans . (Anima lachrymans i inne nowe poezje)
- 1895: love . (Miłość)
- 1898: Against the rose bush . (Krzak dzikiej róży w Ciemnych Smreczynach)
- 1901: The setting world . (Ginącemu światu)
- 1902: Salve Regina .
- 1908: Ballad of the Sunflower . (Ballada o słoneczniku)
- 1911: moments . (Chwile)
- 1916: Book of the poor . (Księga ubogich)
- 1921: hymns . (Hymny)
Poetic prose
- 1906: The heroic horse and the collapsing house . (O bohaterskim koniu i walącym się domu)
Dramas
- 1891: the world ends! . (Świat się kończy!)
- 1914: Sita .
- 1920: Common and unlawful Markolf, Mysterium . (Marchołd gruby a sprośny, jego narodzin, życia i śmierci misterium tragikomischne)
literature
- Karl Dedecius (ed.): Polish poetry of the 20th century . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 1964, p. 176.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Kasprowicz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography in English and Polish
- Jan Kasprowicz at the Polish Personal Database.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kasprowicz, Jan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer, poet and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1860 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Szymborze near Inowrocław |
DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1926 |
Place of death | at Zakopane |