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unusual facts about Jan Brzechwa


Jan Brzechwa

Many of Brzechwa’s texts have been translated into English by Walter Whipple, but as of 2004 they have yet to be published.


Chrząszcz

Chrząszcz (beetle, chafer) by Jan Brzechwa is a poem famous for being one of the hardest-to-pronounce texts in Polish literature, and may cause problems even for adult, native Polish speakers.

Przekrój

Among the former contributors to Przekrój were such personalities of Polish literary scene as: Maria Dąbrowska, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Jan Brzechwa, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Kazimierz Wyka, Daniel Mróz, Jerzy Waldorff, Sławomir Mrożek, Ludwik Jerzy Kern and Jan Błoński.


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