Emanuel Schlechter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emanuel Schlechter

Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1904

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1943

Profession: screenwriter, writer, composer, singer, translator, artist, lyricist, music director, librettist, satirist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Emanuel Schlechter (pseudonyms Eman, Olgierd Lech) (Emanuel Szlechter) (9 October 1904 – 1943) was born and died in Lwów.
He was a Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director. His father was a house painter in Lwów.
The family name of his mother was Begeleiter.
Emanuel's brother was Emil Henryk Szlechter (1906-1995), an expert in the law of the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian. When Szlechter was 14 years old, he joined to Malopolskie Oddzialy Armii Ochotniczej (Lesser Poland's Volunteer Army) and during summer 1920 he participated in defense of Lwów.After passing his matura exam around 1923 he studied law at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów and worked briefly in a law firm.
His earliest lyrics were written for Leon Borunski's songs, staged at the Morskie Oko theater's Parada gwiazd show in 1930, performed and recorded by Syrena Rekord star Kazimierz Krukowski.