Marcin Baran (born 1963 in

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) is a Polish

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and

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. He has a degree in

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from the

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. He is one of the Polish poets who published their verses in the magazine '' bruLion'' (sometimes spelled ''brulion''). One of the main themes of his poetry is

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, for him the

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of deathlessness. His poems have been translated into

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, Slovak and Czech.

Books of poetry

* : Oficyna Literacka, 1990 * Kraków-Warszawa: bruLion, 1992 * Kraków: Baran i Suszczyński, 1996 (nominated for Nike Award) * Poznań: a5, 1996 * Kraków: Oficyna Literacka, 1998 * Kraków: WL, 1999 * Kraków: Zebra, 2000 * Kraków: Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa 2001 (selected poems) * Kraków: a5, 2003

References

* (''White Abysses''), Host,

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, 1997, p. 126, 181–9.

Bibliography

Polish bibliography
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