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Also known as Leopold Henryk Staff

Polish poet (1878-1957)

Person · Open Library

Born
1878
Died
1957
Works
53

Top works

  • Wybór poezyj
  • Skarb
  • Cierpienia młodego Werthera
  • Łabędź i lira, Tęcza łez i krwi, Ścieżki polne
  • Gałąź kwitnąca, Uśmiechy godzin, W cieniu miecza

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Poland
Active from
1878-11-14
Active to
1957-05-31

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
30
Total plays
85

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Quotes

  • I built on the sandAnd it tumbled down,I built on a rockAnd it tumbled down.Now when I build, I shall beginWith the smoke from the chimney.

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Key facts

Born
Leopold Staff , ( 1878-11-14 ) 14 November 1878, Lemberg , Austrian partition
Died
31 May 1957 (1957-05-31) (aged 78), Skarżysko-Kamienna , Poland
Language
Polish
Nationality
Polish

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Encyclopedic overview

Leopold Henryk Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in Kraków. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Polish PEN Club. Representative of classicism and symbolism in the poetry of Young Poland, he was an author of many philosophical poems influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (from whom he translated several books into Polish), the ideas of Franciscan order as well as paradoxes of Christianity.

Life

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