Zygmunt Zaleski

Not to be confused with Zygmunt Załęski.

Zygmunt Zaleski
Zygmunt Lubicz-Zaleski, a photograph by Piotr Szumow from 1918
Born	(1898-10-13) 13 October 1898 Klonówiec, Vistula land
Died	15 December 1967(1967-12-15) (aged 85) Paris, France
Occupation	Historyian Literary critic Poet Publicist Translator
Language	Polish
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	Cantemir Vodă National College

Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms (29 September 1882 in Kłonowiec-Koracz near the Kielce, Poland – 15 December 1967 in Paris, France), pseudonymes R. de Bron, R. Debron, was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, and translator. Awarded the Légion d'honneur.

Zaleski was an editor of Polak, magazine of Polish Army in France (1918–1919). He was a co-editor of Collection Polonaise, a series of French language translations of Polish literature. Awarded the Golden Laurel of Polish Academy of Literature (Złoty Wawrzyn Polskiej Akademii Literatury; 1938). He was also an editor of Życie Sztuki (1935–1939).

Notable works

• Zygmunt Krasiński. O dziełach i życiu poety w setną rocznicę urodzin (1912)
• Dzieło i twórca. Studia i wrażenia literackie (1913)
• Na wąskiej miedzy snu i burzy (1914) – collection of poems
• O rzeczach błahych i wiecznych (Paris, 1929)
• Attitudes et destinées. Faces et profils d'écrivains polonais (Paris, 1932)
• Geniusz z urojenia (1932) – drama
• Akordy kamienne (Hannover, 1946) – poetic prose
• Wiersze zebrane 1924–1967 (Aix en Provence, 1969) – collection of works published posthumously

References

• "Zaleski Zygmunt". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
• "Zaleski Zygmunt Lubicz". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-09-23.