Juliusz Żuławski (7 October 1910 in

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– 10 January 1999 in

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) was a Polish

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, prose writer,

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and

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. He was an editor of ''Nowa Kultura'' (1950–1951), chairman of Polish

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(during the years of 1978–1983 and 1988–1991), member of

Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich The ''Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich'' is a Polish Writers' Association, an organization of Polish writers, poets, playwrights, critics and translators. SPP, established in 1989 is a continuation of the Professional Union of Polish Writers, fou ...

. He fought during

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(1939).

Early life

He is the son of

Kazimiera Żuławska Kazimiera Żuławska née Hanicki (22 February 1883 - 18 April 1971) was a Romanist, translator, mountaineer, and women's rights activist. Biography She was born Kazimiera Hanicki in Czemerysy to a landed gentry family, daughter of Ignacy Dion ...

and

Jerzy Żuławski Jerzy Żuławski (; 14 July 1874 – 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and patriot whose best-known work is the science-fiction epic, '' Trylogia Księżycowa'' ('' The Lunar Trilogy''), written b ...

Work

Juliusz Żuławski made his own debut as writer in 1933 by ''Marcin''

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published on ''Droga'', a monthly magazine. He was an author of reflective and memoirs

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(''Pole widzenia'', 1948), psychological prose (''Wyprawa o zmierzchu'', 1936; ''Czas przeszły niedokonany'', 1962), biographical stories (''Byron nieupozowany'', 1964). He has translated

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. For example he translated and published a book containing many

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's poems.Robert Browning, Poezje wybrane. Wybór, przekład i słowo wstępne Juliusz Żuławski, Warszawa 1969. He was one of three editors of the largest anthology of British and American poetry in Poland, ''Poeci języka angielskiego'' that was published in three volumes from 1969 to 1974. He also published several related to

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Notable works

* ''Wyprawa o zmierzchu'' (1936) * ''Cień Alcybiadesa'' (Neubrandenburg, 1943) * ''Skrzydło Dedala'' (1949) * ''Czas przeszły niedokonany'' (1962) * ''Pole widzenia'' (1948) * ''Wiersze z notatnika'' (1957) * ''Kartki z drogi'' (1975) * ''Byron nieupozowany'' (1964) * ''Wielka podróż Walta Whitmana'' (1971) * ''Czas odzyskany'' (1982) * ''Przydługa teraźniejszość'' (1992)

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* * 1910 births 1999 deaths Polish literary critics 20th-century Polish poets Polish translators Translators from English Translators to Polish 20th-century translators Polish male poets 20th-century Polish male writers {{Poland-poet-stub