Andrzej Nowicki (1909–1986) was a Polish poet, satirical writer, and translator. He fought in the
Polish September Campaign
The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week af ...
of 1939. He was imprisoned in the
German
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officers' camp
Oflag II-C
Oflag II-C Woldenburg was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located about from the town of Woldenberg, Brandenburg (now Dobiegniew, western Poland). The camp housed Polish officers and orderlies and had an area of with 25 brick huts fo ...
in
Woldenberg, and organized cultural activities there. From 1945 to 1948 he worked for the
Polish Press Agency
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in London. He returned to Poland in 1956.
Nowicki co-wrote (''Book of Nonsense'') with
Antoniego Marianowicza, translating from English into Polish poems and short stories by (to name just a few)
Edward Lear,
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequ ...
,
W. S. Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most fam ...
and
T. S. Eliot.
1909 births
1986 deaths
Polish male writers
Prisoners of Oflag II-C
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