About Jan Sztaudynger
Lived 1904 – 1970 (aged 66). Jan Sztaudynger was a Polish poet, satirist, writer and translator.
Jan Izydor Sztaudynger (Kraków, 28 April 1904 – 12 September 1970, Kraków) was a Polish poet and satirist who enjoyed enormous popularity after World War II.
Life Jan Sztaudynger studied Polish and German philology at Kraków's Jagiellonian University.
He is known for his epigrams, which in Poland are called fraszki (singular: fraszka). Sztaudynger called some of his epigrams piórka (singular: piórko).
In 1964 Sztaudynger published a poetry collection, Tranzytem przez Łódź (Transit through Łódź), in which he expressed nostalgia for that city's Fraszka cafe.
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Who was Jan Sztaudynger?
Polish poet (1904–1970)
When was Jan Sztaudynger born?
Jan Sztaudynger was born on 28 April 1904 in Kraków.
When did Jan Sztaudynger die?
Jan Sztaudynger died on 12 September 1970 in Kraków.
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Jan Sztaudynger was a poet, satirist, writer and translator.
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Jan Sztaudynger was Polish.
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