In the history of letters, Julian Tuwim is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Julian Tuwim as Polish poet (1894–1953).
Julian Tuwim was born at Łódź in 1894. His recorded nationality is Poland. He was educated at University of Warsaw.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as linguist, poet and writer.
The writing is recorded in Esperanto and Polish.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
Recognition followed: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1946) and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1953).
That the work was written from Poland matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Julian Tuwim died in 1953, aged 59. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta — 1946
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta — 1953
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