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Tadeusz Różewicz

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Polish poet, dramatist and writer

WritersLived 1921 to 2014 · aged 92
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Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of foreign partitions. He was born in Radomsko, near Łódź, in 1921. He first published his poetry in 1938.

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2007European Prize for Literature
2003honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow
1999Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki
1998Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize
1996Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1987Golden Wreath
1982Austrian State Prize for European Literature
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
Armia Krajowa Cross
Honorary doctor of the University of Gdańsk
honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw
Work Flag Order, 2nd class
Gold Cross of Merit‎
Order Ecce Homo
Army Medal for War 1939-45

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Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of foreign partitions. He was born in Radomsko, near Łódź, in 1921. He first published his poetry in 1938. During World War II, he served in the Polish underground Home Army. His elder brother, Janusz, also a poet, was executed by the Gestapo in 1944 for serving in the Polish resistance movement. His younger brother, Stanisław, became a noted film director and screenwriter.

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2014 · aged 92
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28 languages

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