Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Stanisław Jerzy Lec was a Polish writer, poet and aphorist (1909–1966). He was born at Lviv and died at Warsaw.

Also recorded as Stanisław Lec; Stanislaw Lec.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec in brief

Born
1909
Died
1966
Known for
writer, poet and aphorist
Place of birth
Lviv
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Identity and origins

Stanisław Jerzy Lec was recorded at birth as Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz. He also worked under the name Stach. The authorities additionally record the headings Stanisław Lec and Stanislaw Lec. His recorded language was Polish.

Recognition and collections

Stanisław Jerzy Lec received Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Valour, Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945, Partisan Cross (Poland), Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945.

Catalogued works

38 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1957 to 1960.

Unkempt Thoughts. Nouvelles pensées échevelées. Alle unfrisierten Gedanken. Großdruck. Pensamientos despeinados. Poema gotowe do skoku. Rękopis jerozolimski. Wybór wierszy. Unfrisierte Gedanken. Novi nezachisani dumky. Z tysiaca i jednej fraszki. Myśli nieuczesane nowe. List, Gończy. Poema togowe do skoku. Alle unfrisierte Gedanken. Myśli nieuczesane. Spacer cynika. Alle unfrisierten Gedanken. Das grosse Buch der unfrisierten Gedanken. Do Abla i Kaina. Fraszkobranie. Kpię i pytam o drogę. Letzte unfrisierte Gedanken. Myśli nieuczesane wszystkie. Neue unfrisierte Gedanken. Notatnik polowy. Pochti vsë. Poezje wybrane. Rȩkopis jerozolimski. Tisíc a jedna fraška, aneb, Učebnice rýmobraní a sešity nerozčesaných myšlenek. Utwory wybrane. Widziałem szkic do Nicości. Z tysia̜ca i jednej fraszki. More unkempt thoughts. Myśli nieuczesane nowe. Anti-Photography (Antyfotografia), dated 1958, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.36. Poster (Plakat), dated 1960, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2011.407. Photo Yearbook (Fotojahrbuch), dated 1957, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.34. Auschwitz (Oswiecim), dated 1959, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.38.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Lec, Stanisław Jerzy, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Lec, Stanisław Jerzy: Myśli nieuczesane, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Madeyski-Poray, Stanisław Jerzy von. Les jeux de mots, les jeux de traducteur – les dynamiques interculturelles du jeu (sur l’exemple des aphorismes de Stanisław Jerzy Lec), Prace Językoznawcze, 2021. Bąk, Paweł: Die Metapher in der Übersetzung. Studien zum Transfer der Aphorismen von Stanisław Jerzy Lec und der Gedichte von Wisława Szymborska, Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 2008. Lügenbegriffe und Lügenpraxis in der Moderne, Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2019. O pojęciach i praktyce kłamstwa w epoce nowoczesnej, Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2019. Paradox și ironie în aforismele lui Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Eon, 2023. Zegar tyka, Autobiografia, 2021.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Stanisław Jerzy Lec studied at Law Faculty of Lviv University and Lviv University. the recorded working language is Polish.

The field of work recorded is poetry, aphorism and satire.

Membership is recorded of National Writers' Union of Ukraine.

Works named in the authority record are Unkempt Thoughts.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Valour, Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945 and Partisan Cross (Poland).

Chronology

  1. 1909Stanisław Jerzy Lec born at Lviv.
  2. 1966Stanisław Jerzy Lec died at Warsaw.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Bąk, Paweł: Die Metapher in der Übersetzung. Studien zum Transfer der Aphorismen von Stanisław Jerzy Lec und der Gedichte von Wisława Szymborska, Informationen Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 2008

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Lec, Stanisław Jerzy, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Les jeux de mots, les jeux de traducteur – les dynamiques interculturelles du jeu (sur l’exemple des aphorismes de Stanisław Jerzy Lec), Prace Językoznawcze, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Stanisław Jerzy Lec (Internet Archive), 34 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 4 articles naming Stanisław Jerzy Lec.

    open access index · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Stanisław Jerzy Lec.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q165680: Stanisław Jerzy Lec

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Stanisław Jerzy Lec”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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