Janusz Gaudyn (25 February 1935 in

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

- Ochojec – 22 June 1984 in Trzyniec) was a

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physician, writer and poet. He is known mostly for his

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s. Gaudyn lived since 1939 in the

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region and spent his youth in Frysztat. He graduated from the Juliusz Słowacki Polish Gymnasium in Orłowa and later from medical studies at the Palacký University in

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. He worked as an internist in the hospital in

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and later as a general practitioner in Trzycież, he lived in Trzyniec. Gaudyn was a member of the

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and several literary organizations.

Works

* ''Fraszki i fraszeczki'' (1967) * ''Zdania'' (1969) * ''Duet'' (1969) (together with Gabriel Palowski) * ''List'' (1980) * ''My'' (1980) * ''Z tej ziemi : 129 fraszek o miłości '' (1983)

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