Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter (February 20, 1894 – March 2, 1980) was a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and writer. He is mostly recognized for his literary achievements in poetry. He was born in Kalnik (now in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine). After the death of his father (an accountant), he and his mother lived in Warsaw in 1902-1904, and then they travelled back to Ukraine in 1904-1912. He graduated from a ... more

Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter (February 20, 1894 – March 2, 1980) was a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and writer. He is mostly recognized for his literary achievements in poetry. He was born in Kalnik (now in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine). After the death of his father (an accountant), he and his mother lived in Warsaw in 1902-1904, and then they travelled back to Ukraine in 1904-1912. He graduated from a secondary school in Kiev in 1912 and enrolled at the Law Faculty of the Kiev University. After the WWI, in October 1918 he came to Warsaw. Then he joined a group of artists who had started Pro Arte et Studio arts magazine. Iwaszkiewicz with Julian Tuwim and Antoni Słonimski co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets in 1919. In 1922 he married Anna Lilpop, a daughter of a wealthy enterpreneur and the couple settled in Podkowa Leśna near Warsaw. In 1928 they moved to a newly built house that Iwaszkiewicz named Stawisko. The Speaker of... less