Jan Izydor Sztaudynger (

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, 28 April 1904 – 12 September 1970, Kraków) was a Polish

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and satirist who enjoyed enormous popularity after

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Life

Jan Sztaudynger studied Polish and

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at Kraków's

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. He is known for his

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s, which in

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are called ''fraszki'' (singular: ''fraszka''). Sztaudynger called some of his

s ''piórka'' (singular: ''piórko''). In 1964 Sztaudynger published a poetry collection, ''Tranzytem przez Łódź'' (Transit through Łódź), in which he expressed nostalgia for that city's ''Fraszka'' cafe.

Sample ''fraszki''

"''Głos w telefonie''"
''Halo - tu sumienie.''
''Czy pan zamówił budzenie?' "A voice on the phone"
Hello, this is your conscience.
Did you order a wake-up call?
"Nie lubię"
Nie lubię siebie sam
za dobrze siebie znam "Don't like"
I don't like myself
I know myself too well
"Może zaszczytnie"
Łamią cie? Może zaszczytnie
Bez wtedy łamią, kiedy kwitnie "Loud"
They shout very loud
Maybe they mean to applaud ”Skarga zmiętego”
Życie mnie
Mnie

References

* Poet's Corner (1998)
Jan Sztaudynger
* The City of Lodz Office
Jan Izydor Sztaudynger

External links

Fraszki collection

Photographs of Jan Sztaudynger
1904 births 1970 deaths Jagiellonian University alumni Aphorists Writers from Kraków 20th-century Polish poets 20th-century Polish male writers Burials at Salwator Cemetery Polish people of German descent Polish people of French descent Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań faculty Polish satirists {{Poland-poet-stub

Life

Sample ''fraszki''

See also

References

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