Witold Wirpsza

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Witold Wirpsza
Witold Wirpsza, 1946
Born	4 December 1918 Odesa, Ukraine
Died	16 September 1985(1985-09-16) (aged 66) Berlin, Germany
Citizenship	Polish
Occupations	Poet, writer, translator

Witold Wirpsza (4 December 1918 — 16 September 1985) was a Polish poet, writer, translator and essayist.

Biography

He was the son of Stanisław Wirpsza, merchant, and Lidia née Spandoni-Basmandżi. In 1945 he married Maria Kurecka [pl]. Their son Aleksander (later known under his pen name Leszek Szaruga) was born in 1946.

He was a member of Polish Writers' Union (ZLP) from 1948 until 1971. He published in “Twórczość”, “Nowa Kultura”, “Życie Literackie [pl]” and “Przegląd Kulturalny” (1952–60). From 1952 to 1968 he was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party.

Poetry books

• Sonata (1949)
• Stocznia (1949)
• Polemiki i pieśni (1951)
• Dziennik Kożedo (1952)
• Pisane w kraju (1952)
• List do żony (1953)
• Poematy i wiersze wybrane (1956)
• Z mojego życia (1956)
• Mały gatunek (1960)
• Don Juan (1960)
• Komentarze do fotografii (1962)
• Drugi opór (1965)
• Przesądy (1966)
• Bruchsünden und todstücke (1967)
• Traktat skłamany (1968)
• Drei Berliner Gedichte (1976)
• Prognosen oder Die Naturgeschichte der Drachen (1980)
• Apoteoza tańca (1985)
• Liturgia (1985)
• Faeton (1988)
• Nowy podręcznik wydajnego zażywania narkotyków (1995)
• Cząstkowa próba o człowieku i inne wiersze (2005)
• Spis ludności (2005)
• Utwory ostatnie (2007)

Novels

• Na granicy (1954)
• Pomarańcze na drutach (1964)
• Wagary (1970)
• Sama niewinność (partially published in 1978 and 1985)

Short stories

• Stary tramwaj i inne opowiadania (1955)
• Morderca (1966)

Essays

• Gra znaczeń (1965)
• Polaku, kim jesteś? (1971)

Accolades

In 1955 he received Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 1967 he received the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung.

References