Andrzej Bursa (21 March 1932 – 15 November 1957) was a Polish poet and writer. Born in

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, he studied journalism, then

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. In 1954–1957 Bursa worked as a journalist and reporter for the Kraków newspaper ''

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''. Many of his contemporaries attributed his early death at the age of 25 to suicide, while the true cause of it was a congenital heart disease. He was buried at the

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. Bursa published his first poem in 1954. A prolific writer, he published 37 poems and a short story in different magazines during his lifetime. He died of a heart attack in 1957. Shortly thereafter, his first poetry collection was published, an important event in Polish poetry. Presently, there is a poetry prize named after Bursa which many living Polish poets have won (e.g.

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Andrzej Bursa Poetry, at www.guernicamag.com

Andrzej Bursa Poetry, at www.andrzejbursa.republika.plAndrzej Bursa
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