Zygmunt Zaleski
Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms (29 September 1882 in Kłonowiec-Koracz near the Kielce, Poland – 15 December 1967 in Paris, France), pseudonymes R. de Bron, R. Debron, was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator. Awarded the Légion d'honneur. Zaleski was an editor of Polak, magazine of Polish Army in France (1918–1919).
Also recorded as Zygmunt Lubicz · Zygmunt Lubicz-Zaleski
Zygmunt Zaleski
Pierre Choumoff (1872-1936) · Polska Akademia Umiejętności. Dar C. Pierre Zaleski (2015). THL.BPP.Phot.3153 ( · Public domain
- Name
- Zygmunt Zaleski
- Born
- 13 October 1898
- Birthplace
- Klonówiec, Vistula land
- Died
- 15 December 1967
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Historyian Literary critic Poet Publicist Translator
- Education
- Cantemir Vodă National College
- Nationality
- Poland
- Fields
- history of literature · literary criticism · translating activity · opinion journalism
- Honours
- Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature · Knight of the Legion of Honour · Officer of the Legion of Honour · Commander of the Legion of Honour · Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta · Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Languages
- Polish · French
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms (29 September 1882 in Kłonowiec-Koracz near the Kielce, Poland – 15 December 1967 in Paris, France), pseudonymes R. de Bron, R. Debron, was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator. Awarded the Légion d'honneur. Zaleski was an editor of Polak, magazine of Polish Army in France (1918–1919).
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Zygmunt Zaleski. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3576397 · wikipedia · Zygmunt Zaleski
In this article
Biography
Biography
He was a co-editor of Collection Polonaise, a series of French language translations of Polish literature. Awarded the Golden Laurel of Polish Academy of Literature (Złoty Wawrzyn Polskiej Akademii Literatury; 1938). He was also an editor of Życie Sztuki (1935–1939).
Zygmunt Zaleski studied at Warsaw University of Technology. The recorded working language is Polish and French. The field of work recorded is history of literature, literary criticism and translating activity. Distinctions recorded are Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the Legion of Honour.
Zygmunt Lubicz-Zaleski (-1924)
"Nowości Illustrowane" 17/1924 (
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Zygmunt Zaleski • Born — 13 October 1898 • Birthplace — Klonówiec, Vistula land • Died — 15 December 1967 • Place of death — Paris, France • Language — Polish • Occupation — Historyian Literary critic Poet Publicist Translator • Education — Cantemir Vodă National College
Notable works
Notable works
• Zygmunt Krasiński. O dziełach i życiu poety w setną rocznicę urodzin (1912) • Dzieło i twórca. Studia i wrażenia literackie (1913) • Na wąskiej miedzy snu i burzy (1914) – collection of poems • O rzeczach błahych i wiecznych (Paris, 1929) • Attitudes et destinées. Faces et profils d'écrivains polonais (Paris, 1932) • Geniusz z urojenia (1932) – drama • Akordy kamienne (Hannover, 1946) – poetic prose • Wiersze zebrane 1924–1967 (Aix en Provence, 1969) – collection of works published posthumously
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Kłonowiec-Koracz.
Birth place
Paris.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Zygmunt Zaleski”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3576397: Zygmunt Zaleski
General reference · Wikidata
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Died at
1- ParisPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Zygmunt MiłkowskiAuthor
- Zygmunt MiłoszewskiAuthor
- Zygmunt RumelAuthor
- Zygmunt Witymir BieńkowskiAuthor
- Þjóðólfr ArnórssonAuthor
- Þjóðólfr of HvinirAuthor
- Þórarinn EldjárnAuthor
- Þórarinn loftungaAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Zygmunt Zaleski?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.