Jalu Kurek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jalu Kurek

Polish poet

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1904

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 10-Nov-1983

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jalu Kurek (born February 29, 1904 in Kraków, died November 10, 1983 in Rabka) was a Polish poet and prose writer, one of the figures of the so-called Kraków avant-garde.
He was a laureate of the Young Poland Literary Award for the novel "Grypa szaleje w Naprawie" ("Influenza ravages Naprawa"). He graduated from the Bartlomiej Nowodworski High School in Kraków and obtained a Master's degree in Philosophy from Jagiellonian University.
He continued his studies at University of Naples.
He was a lifelong friend of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.