Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876 - 1901 in

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) was a Polish poet and translator, brother of the poet Wincenty Korab-Brzozowski and son of the romantic bard Karol Brzozowski. Representative of Polish

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. One of the greatest poets of

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. There is no information about the personal life of Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski. He was a member of Stanisław Przybyszewski's bohema called ''children of Satan''. In 1901 Korab-Brzozowski committed suicide, probably because of his tragic love for

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. His poems were published in the book ''Nim serce ucichło'' (Before the Heart died away) in 1910 and he translated

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into Polish.

Bibliography

*Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski, ''Before the Heart Fell Silent: Collected Poems'' 2017 1876 births 1901 suicides Polish poets Suicides in Poland 19th-century poets Suicides by poison {{Poland-poet-stub