Jan Lemański

Jan Lemański (born July 7, 1866 in Głażewo near Płock , † November 11, 1933 in Warsaw ) was a Polish writer , satirist and fabulous poet. He belonged to the circle of poets of the Młoda Polska ( Young Poland ).

Life

He was educated in the secondary school in Płock and then in the law faculty of the University of Warsaw . From 1894 he published small papers in Warsaw papers. In the years 1901-1907 he was editor of the literary magazine Chimera, in which he often published his works. His wife was the poet and literary critic Maria Komornicka (1876–1949).

During the period after the First World War he worked as an officer in the Ministry of the Interior, at the end of his life as a film censor. Then he withdrew from literary life and did not write any more papers. The years 1902–1905 are considered to be his most fertile and artistically best period, with the fantastic novella Ofiara królewny (Sacrifice of the Princess, 1906 ) as the climax.

Works (selection)

(1902) Fables
(1904) Ironic prose
(1905) Colloquia, or Conversations
(1906) Sacrifice of the Princess - fantastic novel
(1906) Nowenna, or 99 ... (?)
(1909) Copyright
(1910) Tell the Truth
(1911) Satirical poem Genesis
(1912) Zoo
(1916) Fable of the Animals
(1919?) In the land of the sun
(1923) Good luck! Post-war fables (possibly: Cheers!, Original: "Toast!")
(1914) Elaboration of Polish Satire

Motifs of moral satire can be seen in his work . He creates a new type of fable with clear elements to make something ridiculous. Lemański's satirical work can be seen as the forerunner of the literary cabaret Green Ballon (Zielony Balonik; see also Jama Michalika ).

Web links

"Literature in Context" project (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ Brigitta Helbig: A coat made of stardust: Gender transgress and madness with Maria Komornicka , 2005, ISBN 3833429690 , page 29ff. [1]

^ Kwiatkowski, J. 1968. 'Jan Lemański'. In: Literatura okresu Młodej Polski. 'Obraz Literatury Polskiej XIX i XX wieku'. SV vol. 1. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. pp. 721-752.

personal data
SURNAME	Lemański, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish writer, satirist and fable poet
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Głażewo near Płock
DATE OF DEATH	November 11, 1933
Place of death	Warsaw

[1] Brigitta Helbig: A coat made of stardust: Gender transgress and madness with Maria Komornicka , 2005, ISBN 3833429690 , page 29ff. [1]

[2] Kwiatkowski, J. 1968. 'Jan Lemański'. In: Literatura okresu Młodej Polski. 'Obraz Literatury Polskiej XIX i XX wieku'. SV vol. 1. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. pp. 721-752.