Julian Przyboś, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julian Przyboś

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1901

Place of Birth: Gwoźnica Górna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1970

Profession: writer, poet, translator, author, linguist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Julian Przybos (5 March 1901 – 6 October 1970) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, one of the most important poets of the Kraków Avant-Garde. Przybos was born in Gwoznica near Strzyzów to a peasant family.
From 1912, he attended the Konarski Secondary School in Rzeszów.
In 1920, he participated the Polish–Soviet War.
In 1920–1923 he studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, in the field of Polish studies.
Przybos worked as a teacher in Sokal (1923–1925), Chrzanów (1925–1927), and Cieszyn (1927–1939).
In Cieszyn, he published his works in Zaranie Slaskie ('The Dawn of Silesia') (1929–1938).
He also published in many other magazines before and after World War II. In December 1939 Przybos relocated to Lviv.
In 1941 was he arrested by Gestapo, the Nazi German secret police.
After World War II he became a member of the Polish Workers' Party, and later of the Polish United Workers' Party.
In 1947–1951, he worked as a diplomat in Switzerland.
Then he was director of the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków.
After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Przybos left the Polish United Workers' Party.