Tadeusz Łopalewski (August 17, 1900 in Ostrowce, near
Kutno
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– March 29, 1979) was a
Polish poet
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, prose writer, dramatist and translator of
Russian literature
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and producer of many radio programs.
Łopalewski finished his studies in the
Humanities
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Department of the
Flying University
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in Warsaw. In 1917 his first poems were published in a Polish newspaper in
St. Petersburg
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. In 1921 he published his first volume of poetry, "Gwiazdy tańczące" (''Dancing stars''). From 1923 he lived in
Wilno
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where he worked for the newspapers, in theater and in radio. Between 1935 and 1937 he was the editor of the quarterly "Środy Literackie" (''Literary Wednesdays''). Before
World War II
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he was the director of the literary Town Theater in Wilno, and also the director of the Wilno radio station. Between 1945 and 1949 he worked for radio stations in Lodz and Warsaw.
In 1933 he received the "Filomat" Award for his translations of Russian
bylina
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deal with all periods of Russian history. narratives are loosely based on historical fact, but greatly embellished with fantasy or hyperbole. or ...
s into Polish.
1900 births
1979 deaths
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