Światopełk Karpiński (27 March 1909 in

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– 21 April 1940 in

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) was a Polish poet and satirist, brother of architect Zbigniew Karpiński, uncle of the writer and historian of ideas

Wojciech Karpiński Wojciech Karpiński (11 May 1943 – 18 August 2020) was a Polish writer, historian of ideas and literary critic. Life Wojciech Karpiński was born on 11 May 1943 in Warsaw, the son of the architect Zbigniew Karpiński and a grandson of ...

. He graduated from the School of Political Sciences in Warsaw where he was trained as a diplomat. But instead of following a diplomatic career he started collaborating with various Polish newspapers and journals, among them '' Szpilki'' and '' Cyrulik Warszawski''. For his collection of poems ''Trzynaście wierszy'' he was awarded the main prize for the youth of the

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. Conscripted prior to the outbreak of

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, he fought in the Defence of Warsaw. He evaded capture by the German forces and managed to escape to Vilnius, which was under Lithuanian control, where he collaborated with various cabarets. He died under mysterious circumstances on 21 April 1940.

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