Leszek Szaruga
Leszek Szaruga (28 February 1946 – 15 October 2024) was a poet, prose writer, essayist, literary translator, literary historian, critic and academic lecturer.
Leszek Szaruga
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- Name
- Leszek Szaruga
- Birth Name
- Aleksander Stanisław Wirpsza
- Born
- 28 February 1946
- Died
- 15 October 2024
- Occupation
- Poet, writer, translator
- Full name
- Aleksander Wirpsza.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Fields
- creative and professional writing, poetry, translating activity and history of literature.
- Education
- University of Warsaw.
- Honours
- Medal for Merit to Culture and Kościelski Award.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Leszek Szaruga (28 February 1946 – 15 October 2024) was a poet, prose writer, essayist, literary translator, literary historian, critic and academic lecturer.
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• Name — Leszek Szaruga • Birth Name — Aleksander Stanisław Wirpsza • Born — 28 February 1946 • Died — 15 October 2024 • Citizenship — Polish • Occupation — Poet, writer, translator
Biography
Biography
He was the son of Witold Wirpsza and Maria Kurecka. From 1982 until 1987 he co-edited (with Iwona Smolka, Tomasz Jastrun and Jarosław Markiewicz) the quarterly Wezwanie.
Distinctions and accolades
Distinctions and accolades
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008) • Silver Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture • Kościelski Award (1986)
![Stefan Bratkowski (b. November 22, 1934 in Wrocław, Poland, d. April 18, 2021 in Warsaw, Poland), Polish journalist, writer and essayist - with Julia Hartwig (1921-2017), Polish poet and Leszek Szaruga [Aleksander Wirpsza], b. 1946), Polish poet and essayist.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/2013.04.29._-_Fot._Archives_of_www.wolnaeuropa.pl_%28173%29.JPG/800px-2013.04.29._-_Fot._Archives_of_www.wolnaeuropa.pl_%28173%29.JPG)
Stefan Bratkowski (b. November 22, 1934 in Wrocław, Poland, d. April 18, 2021 in Warsaw, Poland), Polish journalist, writer and essayist - with Julia Hartwig (1921-2017), Polish poet and Leszek Szaruga [Aleksander Wirpsza], b. 1946), Polish poet and essayist.
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