Stanisław Antoni Grochowiak, pen-name "Kain" (24 January 1934 – 2 September 1976) was a Polish poet and dramatist. His is often classified as a representative of turpism (Polish: turpizm),[1] because of his interest in the physical, ugly and brutal, but he also exhibits strong tendencies toward formal, rhymed poetry, reaching on many occasions the ornamental grace of a baroque style. Grochowiak was born in Leszno and died, aged 42, in Warsaw.
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Grochowiak is considered one of the leaders of the Polish "new wave" along with poets such as Zbigniew Herbert and Miron Białoszewski.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pokojska, Agnieszka; Romanowska, Agnieszka (2012-09-01). Eyes to Wonder, Tongue to Praise: Volume in Honour of Professor Marta Gibińska. Wydawnictwo UJ. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-83-233-8769-5.
- ^ Milosz, Czeslaw (1983-07-08). Postwar Polish Poetry: Third Expanded Edition. University of California Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-520-04476-0.
Further reading
edit- Bédé, Jean Albert; Edgerton, William Benbow (1980). Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. Columbia University Press. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-0-231-03717-4.
- Dictionary of Polish literature. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press. 1994. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-0-313-26222-7.
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