Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature: Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: StanisA?aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Karol Szymanowski, Jan Parandowski, Jan LechoA?, Kornel MakuszyA?ski, Kazimierz WierzyA?ski, Zofia NaA?kowska, Maria Kuncewiczowa. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Stanisaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, a.k.a. "Witkacy" (February 24, 1885 September 18, 1939) was a Polish playwright, novelist, painter, photographer and philosopher. Born in Warsaw, Stanisaw Ignacy Witkiewicz was the son of painter, architect and art critic Stanisaw Witkiewicz. His godmother was the internationally famous actress Helena Modrzejewska. Little Witkacy with his father, ca. 1893Witkiewicz was reared at the family home in Zakopane. In accordance with his father's antipathy to the "servitude of the school," the boy was home-schooled and encouraged to develop...