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Leopold Staff

Polish poet (1878-1957) · Poland · On the map · Writers · Died at 78

Leopold Henryk Staff was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in Kraków. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Polish PEN Club.

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1957Died31 May 19571953Work Flag Order, 1st classAward1948Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1946Gold Cross of MeritAward1933Commander of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1923Officer of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1878Born14 November 1878

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Work Flag Order, 1st class1953
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta1948
Gold Cross of Merit1946
Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta1933
Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta1923

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Representative of classicism and symbolism in the poetry of Young Poland, he was an author of many philosophical poems influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, the ideas of Franciscan order as well as paradoxes of Christianity.

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Poland
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Writers
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Deceased
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Lived 1878 to 1957 · aged 78