Stefan Napierski
Stefan Napierski , actually Stefan Marek Eiger (born March 15, 1899 in Warsaw ; died April 2, 1940 in Palmiry near Warsaw) was a Polish poet , translator and essayist of Jewish origin.
Life
Napierski came from a wealthy family of assimilated Jews. From 1938 to 1939 he was editor of the bimonthly Warsaw magazine Athenaeum . He has translated from English, German and French, including poems by Walt Whitman , Lautréamont and Max Jacob . He was married to Irene Tuwim from 1922 to 1935, but was actually homosexual. He was shot by the Nazis in 1940 during a mass execution in Palmiry .
Works
- List do przyjaciela / Letter to a friend (1928)
- Pusta ulica (1931)
- Od Baudelaire'a do nadrealistów / From Baudelaire to Surrealism (1933)
- Rozmowa z cieniem / Interview with a shadow (1933)
- Elegy / Elegies (1937)
- Próby / The attempt (1937)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Tomasz Kalisciak: Stefan Napierski - bogacz, żyd i homoseksualista (szkic biograficzny) , homiki.pl "May 12, 2009; Ders .: Katastrofy odmieńców , Katowice 2011, 19ff; Czesław Miłosz : Native Realm: A Search for Self- definition , University of California Press, Los Angeles / Berkeley / London 1968/1981, 199ff.
- ↑ Cf. Władysław Bartoszewski : Warsaw Death Ring, 1939-1944 , Interpress Publishers, Warsaw 1968, 50f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Napierski, Stefan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eiger, Stefan Marek (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish poet, translator and essayist of Jewish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1940 |
| Place of death | Palmiry near Warsaw |