Wiktor Woroszylski | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1927-06-08)8 June 1927 |
| Died | 13 September 1996(1996-09-13) (aged 69) |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Occupations | Poet, writer, translator, film critic |
Wiktor Woroszylski (8 June 1927 — 13 September 1996) was a poet, writer, translator and film critic.[1][2][3]
Biography
He was the son of Grzegorz Woroszylski, a physician, and Barbara née Grodzieńczyk.[3] He attended high school in Grodno, where he stayed until the outbreak of World War II.[3] During the Nazi occupation, he hid as an apprentice with a shoemaker.[3] From November 1941, he was in the ghetto, from which he escaped.[3] He worked odd jobs in a carpentry shop and on the farm.[3] In March 1945, he came to Łódź as part of the repatriation operation.[3]
He made his debut with the poem Przed Berlinem (Before Berlin), published in Głos Ludu, the journal of the Polish Workers' Party (25 April 1945),[3] after which he started working as a reporter for Głos Ludu.[3] Also in 1945 he joined Polish Workers' Party.[3] After passing matura, he studied medicine for a year, and in 1946 he began studying Polish philology at the University of Łódź.[3]
In 1949 he became a member of the Polish Writers' Union and traveled to the Soviet Union, including Siberia.[3] In the years 1952—1956 he studied at the Moscow Institute of Literature.[3]
Prose
- 1956 Dziennik węgierski
- 1958 Okrutna gwiazda (short stories)
- 1960 I ty zostaniesz Indianinem
- 1962 Cyryl, gdzie jesteś? (novel for youth)
- 1963 Sny pod śniegiem. Opowieść o życiu Sałtykowa-Szczedrina (biographical story)
- 1965 Podmuch malowanego wiatru (novel for youth)
- 1973 Mniejszy szuka Dużego
- 1973 Życie Sergiusza Jesienina (co-authored with Elwira Watała)
- 1977 Literatura (novel)
- 1983 Don Kichot
- 1983 Kto zabił Puszkina? (biography)
- 2022 Historie i inne opowiadania (short stories, reedition of the 1987 book)
Poetry
- 1949 Czuwającym w noc noworoczną
- 1949 Śmierci nie ma
- 1951 Wiosna sześciolatki (with Andrzej Mandalian and Andrzej Braun)
- 1955 Z rozmów
- Poem Świt nad Nową Hutą
- 1960 Wanderjahre
- 1962 Twój powszedni morderca
- 1964 Niezgoda na ukłon
- 1969 Przygoda w Babilonie
- 1970 Zagłada gatunków
- 1974 Wybór wierszy
- 1982 Jesteś i inne wiersze
- 1983 Lustro
- 1983 Dziennik internowania
Other works
- Moi Moskale (translation of a selection of poems by Russian poets)
- Życie Majakowskiego (biography) — In English as The Life of Mayakovsky. New York: The Orion Press, 1970
- Marsz Sportowy (translation of Isaac Dunajewski's songs)
- Pozwólcie nam się cieszyć (selection of journalism)
- Dzienniki. Tom I–III, Ośrodek KARTA, Warszawa 2017–2019 (journals)
- Dużo śmiechu, trochę smutku to historia o mamutku (book for children illustrated by Józef Wilkoń, Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza „Czytelnik”, Warszawa 1961; Wytwórnia, Warszawa 2008)
Film adaptations
His novels I ty zostaniesz Indianinem and Mniejszy szuka Dużego were made into films.[4][5]
Distinctions and awards
- State Artistic Award, 3rd class, on the occasion of the 22nd of July holiday, for the poem O Generale Świerczewskim and the volume of poems entitled Śmierci nie ma (There is no Death) (1950)[6]
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (19 January 1955)[7]
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (11 July 1955)[8]
- Kościelski Award (1965)[1]
References
- ^ a b "Wiktor Woroszylski". culture.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Woroszylski Wiktor". encysol.pl. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Głębicka, Ewa. "Woroszylski Wiktor". pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ^ "I ty zostaniesz Indianinem". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Mniejszy szuka dużego". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Przyznanie Państwowych Nagród Naukowych i Artystycznych" (PDF). Nowa Kultura. 19. Warszawa: Związek Literatów Polskich: 1. 6 August 1950.
- ^ "M.P. 1955 nr 101 poz. 1400". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "M.P. 1955 nr 91 poz. 1144". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
Bibliography
- Woroszylski. Wieczór wspomnień. Iwona Smolka (edited by). Kraków: Baran i Suszczyński. 1997.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Sawicka, Elżbieta (1996). "Ułożyć książkę, ułożyć życie. Wiktor Woroszylski (1927–1996)". Rzeczpospolita. 216.
