Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz (Jarosław Marek Szulc; born 13 July 1935,
in Warsaw) is a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and literary
critic.Rymkiewicz is the son of Władysław Szulc, of German and
Polish origin, who changed his last name to Rymkiewicz (a writer) and
of Hanna Baranowska, of German and Tatar origin (a physician).As a
poet, he is influenced by the traditions of classicism and the
baroque. He has received multiple prizes for his novels, essays, and
translations, including the Kościelski Prize (1967), S. Vincenz Prize
(1985), and Polish PEN Club Prize. His volume of poetry Zachód
słońca w Milanówku won the prestigious Nike Award in 2003.Although
Rymkiewicz is primarily a poet, he is better known as the author of
two influential novels that contributed to the two most important
debates of the 1980s: that involving martial law (1981) and
Polish-Jewish relations. His novel Rozmowy polskie latem, 1983 (Polish
Conversations in Summer 1983) discusses the meaning of being Polish
and the preoccupation with achieving independence. Rymkiewicz’s
second novel, entitled Umschlagplatz (1988), had a greater impact.
Instytut Literacki, the largest Polish émigré publishing house,
originally published the novel in Paris in 1988 as it could not appear
in communist Poland. It was reprinted a few times by underground
publishing houses in Poland but officially appeared only in 1992 after
the communists lost power in 1989. It was translated into French
(1989), German (1993), and English (1994).
in Warsaw) is a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and literary
critic.Rymkiewicz is the son of Władysław Szulc, of German and
Polish origin, who changed his last name to Rymkiewicz (a writer) and
of Hanna Baranowska, of German and Tatar origin (a physician).As a
poet, he is influenced by the traditions of classicism and the
baroque. He has received multiple prizes for his novels, essays, and
translations, including the Kościelski Prize (1967), S. Vincenz Prize
(1985), and Polish PEN Club Prize. His volume of poetry Zachód
słońca w Milanówku won the prestigious Nike Award in 2003.Although
Rymkiewicz is primarily a poet, he is better known as the author of
two influential novels that contributed to the two most important
debates of the 1980s: that involving martial law (1981) and
Polish-Jewish relations. His novel Rozmowy polskie latem, 1983 (Polish
Conversations in Summer 1983) discusses the meaning of being Polish
and the preoccupation with achieving independence. Rymkiewicz’s
second novel, entitled Umschlagplatz (1988), had a greater impact.
Instytut Literacki, the largest Polish émigré publishing house,
originally published the novel in Paris in 1988 as it could not appear
in communist Poland. It was reprinted a few times by underground
publishing houses in Poland but officially appeared only in 1992 after
the communists lost power in 1989. It was translated into French
(1989), German (1993), and English (1994).
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