Stanislaw jerzy lec biography

          The satirical poet Stanisław Jerzy Lec was noted for his skeptical philosophical aphorisms in Myśli nieuczesane (published in series from ; Unkempt Thoughts).

        1. Lec was arrested by the Nazis in and spent two years in a concentration camp before making his escape to Warsaw, where he joined the left-wing underground.
        2. Stanisław Jerzy Lec born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet.
        3. Stanisław Jerzy Lec, born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet.
        4. Stanisław Jerzy Lec was born on 6 March in Lviv.

          5. Stanisław Jerzy Lec born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet..

          Stanisław Jerzy Lec  

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          Stanisław Jerzy Lec (6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966) (born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz) was a poet and aphorist of Polish and Jewish noble origin.

          Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-WW2 Poland, he was one of the most influential aphorists on the 20th century, known for lyrical poetry and sceptical philosophical-moral aphorisms, often with a political subtext.

          Biography

          He was born on 6 March 1909 in Lviv (then Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire), the son of the Baron Benon de Tusch-Letz and Adela Safrin; both were Jewish eccentrics who converted to Protestantism.

          Stanisław Jerzy Lec, born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet.

          The family moved to Vienna at the onset of First World War, and Lec received his early education there. After the war the family returned to Lviv-Lemberg to continue his schooling at the Lemberg Evangelical School. In 1927 he matriculated at Lviv's Jan Kazimir University in jurispr