Leopold Staff Writer

Leopold Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet; one of the greatest artists of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in Kraków. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Polish PEN Club. Representative of classicism and symbolism in the poetry of Young Poland, he was an author of many philosophical poems influenced by the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, the ideas of Franciscan order as well as paradoxes of Christianity.

Personal facts

Leopold Staff
Birth dateNovember 14, 1878
Birth nameLeopold Staff
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Lviv , Austrian Partition
Nationality
Poles
Date of deathMay 31, 1957
Place of death
Poland , Skarżysko-Kamienna

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Writer

influenced
influenced by
José-Maria de Heredia
language
Polish language

Leopold Staff on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://leoyankevich.com/archives/256