Zygmunt Zaleski

Zygmunt Zaleski of Lubicz coat of arms (September 29, 1882 in Klonowiec near the Kielce, Poland – December 15, 1967 in Paris, France), pseudonymes R. de Bron, R. Debron, was a Polish literature historian, literary critic, poet, publicist, translator. Awarded the Légion d'honneur.

Zaleski was an editor of Polak, magazine of Polish Army in France (1918–1919). He was a co-editor of Collection Polonaise, a series of French language translations of Polish literature. Awarded the Golden Laurel of Polish Academy of Literature (Złoty Wawrzyn Polskiej Akademii Literatury; 1938). He was also an editor of Życie Sztuki (1935–1939).

Notable works

• Zygmunt Krasiński. O dziełach i życiu poety w setną rocznicę urodzin (1912)
• Dzieło i twórca. Studia i wrażenia literackie (1913)
• Na wąskiej miedzy snu i burzy (1914) – collection of poems
• O rzeczach błahych i wiecznych (Paris, 1929)
• Attitudes et destinées. Faces et profils d'écrivains polonais (Paris, 1932)
• Geniusz z urojenia (1932) – drama
• Akordy kamienne (Hannover, 1946) – poetic prose
• Wiersze zebrane 1924–1967 (Aix en Provence, 1969) – collection of works published posthumously

References

• "Zaleski Zygmunt". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
• "Zaleski Zygmunt Lubicz". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-09-23.