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Gałczyński, Konstanty Ildefons
(1905–1953)

Biography

Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (January 23, 1905 – December 6, 1953) was a Polish poet.

Born in Warsaw, he moved to Moscow at an early age and upon returning to Poland studied classical and English language at the University of Warsaw, submitting a dissertation on a non-existent nineteenth-century English poet, Morris Gordon Cheats.

He debuted in 1923 and was a member of the Kwadryga group of poets. In 1930, he married Natalia Avalov.

Mobilised during the Invasion of Poland, he spent most of the war as a prisoner of war. Returning to Poland in 1946, he was a contributor to the Przekrój and Tygodnik Powszechny magazines, among others. However, many of his post-war poems, including a vituperative diatribe against future Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, are largely ignored as supportive of the Communist regime.Among his most known works are the satirical mini-pieces of "Green Goose Theatre" (Teatrzyk Zielona Geś).
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