Andrzej Zaniewski

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Andrzej Zaniewski
BornAndrzej Zaniewski
(1939-04-13) 13 April 1939 (age 86)
Warsaw, Poland
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Poet
  • Songwriter
CitizenshipPolish
Education University of Warsaw
Notable worksRat

Andrzej Zaniewski (born April 13, 1939) is a Polish poet, prose writer and songwriter.

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Early life and career

Andrzej Zaniewski was born on April 13, 1939, in Warsaw, Poland. Zaniewski completed his studies of art history at the University of Warsaw in 1964. His first poems were published in the pl:Głos Wybrzeża newspaper in 1958. He is one of the creators of the Hybrydy poetry group. He is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose translated into more than 30 languages, including the famous novel (written from the point of view of a rat) Szczur published in English under the title Rat (1994) published by Arcade Publishing in a translation by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough. [1]

Honors

References

  1. Zaniewski, Andrzej (9 September 1994). Rat. New York: Arcade Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5597-0262-1.
  2. Monitor Polski 2002 No.18, item. 322