Lechoń, Jan, 1899-1956
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Lechoń, Jan, 1899-1956
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Lechoń, Jan
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Lechon, Jan, 1899-1956
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Lechoń, Jan, 1899-1956.
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Serafinowicz, Leszek 1899-1956
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Serafinowicz, Leszek 1899-1956
Lechoń, Jane 1899-1956
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Lechoń, Jane 1899-1956
Lechoń, Jane, 1899-1956
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Serafinowicz, Leszek Józef
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Serafinowicz, Leszek Józef
Lechon, Jan
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Lechon, Jan
Lechoń, J.
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Lechoń, J.
Lechon, Jane
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Serafinowicz, Leszek Józef, 1899-1956
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Serafinowicz, Leszek
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Chochoł, Rafał.
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Serafinovicz, Leszek
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Lechoń was a Polish poet, editor, diplomat, who was born in Poland in 1899 as Leszek Serafinowicz. Lechoń was part of a group of Polish poets who formed a group called Skamander. His first volume of poetry was "Karmazynowy poemat" (The Scarlet Poem) published in 1920. He published additional books of poetry (such as "Rzeczpospolita Babińska" (1921: The Republic of Babin), and "Srebrne i czarne" (1924: Silver and Black)), was editor of a satirical weekly, "Cyrulik Warszawski" (The Barber of Warsaw), and in 1932 was appointed cultural attaché to the Polish embassy in Paris. He escaped from Paris during the Nazi invasion and by 1941 was in New York City where he co-founded the Polish Academic Institute and edited a Polish weekly, "Wiadomości Polskie Polityczne i Literackie." He also continued to write and publish poetry while in the U.S. and he worked for Radio Free Europe from 1952 until his death by his own hand in 1956.
Lechoń was a Polish poet, editor, and diplomat, who was born in Poland in 1899 as Leszek Serafinowicz. Lechoń was part of a group of Polish poets who formed a group called Skamander. His first volume of poetry was "Karmazynowy poemat" (The Scarlet Poem) published in 1920. He published additional books of poetry (such as "Rzeczpospolita Babinska" (1921: The Republic of Babin), and "Srebrne i czarne" (1924: Silver and Black)) was editor of a satirical weekly, "Cyrulik Warszawski" (The Barber of Warsaw), and in 1932 was appointed cultural attaché to the Polish embassy in Paris. He escaped from Paris during the Nazi invasion and by 1941 was in New York City where he co-founded the Polish Academic Institute and edited a Polish weekly, "Wiadomości Polskie, Polityczne i Literackie." He also continued to write and publish poetry while in the U.S. and he worked for Radio Free Europe from 1952 until his death by his own hand in 1956.
Lechoń's real name was Leszek Józef Serafinowicz.
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Diplomatic and consular service, Polish
Libraries
Polish Americans
Polish literature
Polish literature
Polish people
Polish poetry
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World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Great Britain
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France--Paris
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Poland
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France
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United States
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Germany
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