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Jan Brzechwa (Jan Wiktor Lesman) was born on 15 August, 1898 in Żmerynka, Podolia, is a Polish poet and author (1898–1966). Discover Jan Brzechwa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Jan Wiktor Lesman
Occupation Poet, Lawyer
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 15 August, 1898
Birthday 15 August
Birthplace Żmerynka, Podolia
Date of death 2 July, 1966
Died Place Warsaw, Poland
Nationality Ukraine

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Children Krystyna Brzechwa

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1898

Jan Brzechwa, (15 August 1898 – 2 July 1966) was a Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature.

He was born Jan Wiktor Lesman to a Polish family of Jewish descent.

Brzechwa was born in Żmerynka, Podolia.

His father was a railway engineer and Jan spent a lot of his childhood travelling around Eastern Poland ("Kresy") with his family.

Brzechwa studied at the Jesuit college in Chyrów, (present day Khyriv in Ukraine), and upon moving from Podolia to Warsaw, he graduated from the School of Law at the Warsaw University.

1915

He was married three times; first to Maria Sunderland, his first cousin once removed and a niece of the renowned Polish artist Celina Sunderland, then to Karolina Lentowa (née Meyer), and finally to Janina Magajewska (1915–1989).

1920

His formal writing debut took place in 1920 by way of various humor magazines.

He worked as a lawyer and attorney for the Polish Society of Authors and Composers (ZAIKS) where he specialized and excelled in copyright law.

Brzechwa was a cousin of another famous Polish poet, Bolesław Leśmian.

1926

In 1926 he published Oblicza zmyślone ("Imaginary visages"), his first book of poems.

1928

His daughter from his first marriage, Krystyna (born 1928), is a painter.

Jan Brzechwa was the writer's pseudonym.

The name Brzechwa translates into 'fletching' (the tail section of an arrow).

His poetry was written mostly in the melodic style of the 8-syllable accentual verse, the most popular rhythmic structure among the Polish stylistic variations.

1936

During the Polish-Soviet War, he volunteered for the 36th Regiment of the Academic Infantry Legion, a formation composed of university students and was decorated for his service.

1937

His first set of poems for children Tańcowała igła z nitką ("Danced the needle with the thread") was published in 1937.

Among his most popular works is Chrząszcz (The Beetle), a poem proverbial for containing one the hardest-to-pronounce phrases in Polish literature.

Its first line "W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie" (In the town of Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reeds) is the best known Polish tongue-twister, in which almost all of the consonants make distinct buzzing sounds.

Brzechwa is also popular in Poland for having written a number of lyrical children's poems.

He was a translator of Russian literature, translating works by Aleksandr Pushkin, Sergey Yesienin and Vladimir Mayakovskiy.

Brzechwa also wrote a long-running series of children's books based on the adventures of Pan Kleks, the headmaster of a magical academy, and his students.

1966

Brzechwa died in Warsaw in 1966 and is buried at the Powązki Cemetery, the most famous cemetery in the city.

1980

Many of the Kleks books and plot points were made into a series of films in the 1980s, while the poem Pchła Szachrajka (Adventures of a Cheating Flea) was developed into an animated film in 1989.

2004

Many of Brzechwa's texts have been translated into English by Walter Whipple, but as of 2004 they have yet to be published.