- Rafał Wojaczek
= Life =
Rafał Wojaczek (
1945 -1971 ) was a Polish poet of the postwar generation. He was a son of a respected family in Upper Silesia. His life was marked by abortive studies, alcoholism, depression and suicide attempts one of which ended his life. His short career took place during the turbulent years of modern Poland when the younger generation began to realize that they were trapped in a mendacious political system. Other Polish poets and writers with comparable biographies includeEdward Stachura ,Marek Hłasko andTadeusz Borowski .Work
Wojaczek's work translates the political and practical circumstances of life in Poland into universal and existential terms. His lyrical subject is often preoccupied with the brutality of the physical body along with its suffering and pleasures. By placing the physicality and sexuality of the individual in the context of the practical and political he achieves a depth of erotic and existential expression. His work has been compared by some to that of
Lautréamont andRimbaud .Some publications:
*Sezon (1969)
*Inna bajka (1970)
*Nie skończona krucjata (1972)
*Którego nie było (1972)See also
*
Polish poets External links
* [http://movies.go.com/movies/movie?name=Wojaczek_1999 1999 biographical film] by
Lech Majewski
* [http://www.venedi.org/wojaczek.html poems with translations by Tomasz Gil]
* [http://interpoint.webpark.pl poems with translations by Jan Kaluza]
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