Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

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Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz (born February 20, 1894 in Kalnik , Russian Empire , † March 2, 1980 in Stawisko near Warsaw ) was a Polish writer . He was not only a prose writer, but also a playwright , publicist , critic , musicologist and translator .

Life

Iwaszkiewicz grew up in a petty-bourgeois family . Due to the early death of his father in 1902, his mother was decisive for his upbringing. The composer Karol Szymanowski , a distant relative with whom Iwaszkiewicz had a very close relationship throughout his life, represented a kind of father substitute . Unlike his siblings, he attended a Russian high school. In 1912 he passed the Abitur in Kiev . After leaving school, he studied law there, but also attended numerous lectures at the historical and philosophical faculties. He began writing in 1912 and made his debut in 1915 with the poem "Lilith" in the journal Pióro . From 1916 he worked as a dramaturgical director and actor at a Polish theater in Kiev.

When the First World War came to an end and the Polish state was re-established, he went to Warsaw and initially worked as a tutor and journalist. From 1923 Iwaszkiewicz was secretary of the Sejm Marshal Maciej Rataj and later press officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1920 he was one of the co-founders of the poet group " Skamander ". This group advocated the use of everyday language in poetry, but otherwise proclaimed a “program of no program”. From 1925 Iwaszkiewicz was a member of the Polish PEN Club , where he was particularly concerned with the European unification of intellectuals. During the 1930s he worked in the diplomatic service and lived temporarily in Copenhagen and Brussels .

After the outbreak of World War II in 1939 and the beginning of the occupation by the German Wehrmacht , he moved back to Stawisko, where he worked with Maria Dąbrowska and Jerzy Andrzejewski to ensure that Polish literature survived underground. Secret concerts and poetry readings were held in his home.

After the Second World War and the Communist Party came to power, Iwaszkiewicz became President of the Polish Writers' Union for the first time in 1945/46 . He held this office for the second time from 1959 until his death. From 1952 until the end of his life he was a member of the Polish Sejm .

Iwaszkiewicz made a name for himself especially through historical and contemporary novels. He wrote partly in Russian and translated works from English, Russian, French and Danish literature into Polish.

Works

  • King Roger ( Król Roger ). Opera. Music (1918–25): Karol Szymanowski . Premiere 1926
  • The Men's Conspiracy (Zmowa mężczyzn). 1930
  • The girls from Wilkohof (Panny z Wilka). 1933
  • The birch grove (Brzezina). 1933
  • The red shields (Czerwone tarcze). 1934
  • The Congress in Florence (Kongres we Florencji).
  • Three mills (Młyn nad Utratą and others). 1936
  • A summer in Nohant (Lato w Nohant). 1937
  • Mother Joanna of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniołów). 1946
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (Jan Sebastian Bach). Warsaw 1951
  • Fryderyk Chopin . Kraków 1955
  • The soaring flight (Wzlot). German transl. 1959
  • Fame and Honor (Sława i chwała). Trilogy, 1956–1962
  • The lovers of Marona (Kochankowie z Marony). 1961
  • The girl and the pigeons (Dziewczyna i gołębie). 1965
  • Heydenreich - Mephisto-Walzer (Heydenreich - Mefisto-walc). 1966
  • The return of the Proserpina (Powrót Proserpiny).
  • Two churches (Kościół w Skaryszewie).
  • Anna Grazzi (Anna Grazzi. Italian Novellas).

Film adaptations

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literature

  • Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz: The young ladies from Wilko. Three novels . Translated from the Polish by Klaus Staemmler. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1985. ISBN 3-518-03581-9 .
  • German Ritz: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. A border crosser of modernity . Bern: Peter Lang 1996. ISBN 3-906756-23-8 .

Web links

Commons : Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz. In: sejm-wielki.pl. Retrieved March 26, 2019 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eleuter (pseudonym); Iwaszkiewicz, Jarosław Leon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalnik , today Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1980
Place of death Stawisko near Warsaw