Witold Zalewski

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occupation = publicist, prosaist, novelist
nationality = Polish
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Witold Zalewski (born January 4, 1921 in Siedlce) is a Polish writer, publicist and prosaist. During the Occupation of Poland he was a soldier of Armia Krajowa and participed in Warsaw Uprising. Zalewski was associated with conspiratory magazine "Dźwigary", editorial board member of weekly magazine "Pokolenie" (1946–1947), publicist of "Przegląd Kulturalny" (1952–1963), publicist of "Kultura" (1963–1970).

In his works, Zalewski refers to war events, his generation, and relations between his generation and socialist realism. He analyses moral choices of war and occupation period. Zalewski is an author of one of the most famous Polish socialist-realist book "Traktory zdobędą wiosnę".

elected works

* "Mrok" (1943) – debut story published in "Dźwigary"
* "Śmiertelni bohaterowie" (1946) – story
* "Broń" (1948) – novel
* "Ranny w lesie" (1960)
* "Traktory zdobędą wiosnę" (1950)
* "Pruski mur" (1964)
* "Splot słoneczny" (1972)
* "Czarne jagody" (1975)
* "Dolina Królów" (1976) – essay
* "Odmiany nadziei" (1968)
* "Ostatni postój" (1979) – novel about January Uprising
* "Pożegnanie twierdzy" (1985)
* "Wysłannik" (1988)
* "Pożegnanie twierdzy" (2000)
* "Zakładnicy" (2001) – novel with autobiographical elements

ee also

* Socialist realism in Poland

External links

* cite web
url=http://www.agawa-wydawnictwo.pl/autorzy.php?id=84
title=Witold Zalewski biographical note
work=Agawa
language=Polish

References

* cite web
title=Zalewski Witold
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000090
accessdate=2007-10-06
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
* cite web
title=Zalewski Witold
work=WIEM Encyclopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/20191,,,,zalewski_witold,haslo.html
accessdate=2007-10-06
language=Polish

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DATE OF BIRTH=January 4, 1921
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