Lechoń, Jan, 1899-1956

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.

From the description of Jan Lechoń papers, 1945-1956 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612682904

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