Witold Wirpsza (4 December 1918 â 16 September 1985) was a Polish poet, writer, translator and essayist.
Biography
He was the son of StanisÃ
Âaw Wirpsza, merchant, and Lidia née Spandoni-BasmandÃ
¼i. In 1945 he married . Their son Aleksander (later known under his pen name Leszek Szaruga) was born in 1946.
He was a member of Polish Writers' Union (ZLP) from 1948 until 1971. He published in âÂÂTwórczoÃ
ÂÃÂâÂÂ, âÂÂNowa KulturaâÂÂ, âÂÂâ and âÂÂPrzeglÃÂ
d Kulturalnyâ (1952-60). From 1952 to 1968 he was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party.
Poetry books
- Sonata (1949)
- Stocznia (1949)
- Polemiki i pieÃ
Âni (1951)
- Dziennik KoÃ
¼edo (1952)
- Pisane w kraju (1952)
- List do Ã
¼ony (1953)
- Poematy i wiersze wybrane (1956)
- Z mojego Ã
¼ycia (1956)
- MaÃ
Ây gatunek (1960)
- Don Juan (1960)
- Komentarze do fotografii (1962)
- Drugi opór (1965)
- PrzesÃÂ
dy (1966)
- Bruchsünden und todstücke (1967)
- Traktat skÃ
Âamany (1968)
- Drei Berliner Gedichte (1976)
- Prognosen oder Die Naturgeschichte der Drachen (1980)
- Apoteoza taÃ
Âca (1985)
- Liturgia (1985)
- Faeton (1988)
- Nowy podrÃÂcznik wydajnego zaÃ
¼ywania narkotyków (1995)
- CzÃÂ
stkowa próba o czÃ
Âowieku i inne wiersze (2005)
- Spis ludnoÃ
Âci (2005)
- Utwory ostatnie (2007)
Novels
- Na granicy (1954)
- PomaraÃ
Âcze na drutach (1964)
- Wagary (1970)
- Sama niewinnoÃ
ÂÃÂ (partially published in 1978 and 1985)
Short stories
- Stary tramwaj i inne opowiadania (1955)
- Morderca (1966)
Essays
- Gra znaczeÃ
 (1965)
- Polaku, kim jesteÃ
Â? (1971)
Accolades
In 1955 he received Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 1967 he received the Johann-Heinrich-VoÃÂ-Preis für ÃÂbersetzung.
References