Michał Choromański
Michał Choromański (8 June 1904 – 14 May 1972), was a Polish writer, playwright and translator. He is best known for his novelistic studies of psychological states.[1]
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Born | Kropyvnytskyi (then Yelisavetgrad), Ukraine | 22 June 1904
Died | May 14, 1972 67) | (aged
Nationality | Polish |
Known for | Writer, playwright, translator |
Notable work | Zazdrość i medycyna |
Early life and education
Michał Choromański was born in Yelisavetgrad (now Kropyvnytskyi), into a Polish doctor's family as the son of biologist Konstanty Choromański, who died during the World War I.[1] He lived his childhood and youth in Yelisavetgrad and attended at the high school and the Technical School of Economics.[2][3] Experiencing chaos and the horrors of war-revolutionary Russia, Choromański moved from Yelisavetgrad due to family affairs to Podhale in 1924.[4][5] He studied pedagogy and psychology and started working as a 17-year-old as tutor, paramedic and hospital administrator, drawing teacher and literary director of a workers' club and wrote reviews for a suburban newspaper.[3][2] He was also interested in painting and created portraits.[6] He fall ill from an ankle tuberculosis, caused by stress and misery, but was able to avoid the amputation of his leg and he was treated in spas.[7][2]
Popular books
- Biali bracia (1931)
- Zazdrość i medycyna (1932), screened (1973)
- Opowiadania dwuznaczne (1934)
- Szpital Czerwonego Krzyża (print in „Czasie” 1937, separate edition 1959)
- Prolegomena do wszelkich nauk hermetycznych (1958)
- Schodami w górę, schodami w dół (1965), screened (1988)
- Dygresje na temat kaloszy (1966)
- Makumba, czyli drzewo gadające (1968)
- W rzecz wstąpić (1968)
- Słowacki wysp tropikalnych (1969)
- Głownictwo, moglitwa i praktykarze (1969)
- Kotły Beethovenowskie (1970)
- Różowe krowy i szare scandalie (1970)
- Miłosny atlas anatomiczny (1972)
- Memuary (1976, wcześniej drukowane w „Przekroju”)
- Opowiadanie wariackie (1979)
- Skandal w Wesołych Bagniskach (1993); based on the novel Polish comedy horror Horror w Wesołych Bagniskach (1995)
References
- Krzyżanowski, Roman, Jerzy. "Michał Choromański - Polish author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- "CHOROMAŃSKI MICHAŁ (1904-1972) - Ściągi, wypracowania, lektury - Bryk.pl" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- Kozioł, Paweł (December 2010). "Michał Choromański - Życie i twórczość - Artysta" (in Polish). Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- Michalik, Anna. "Odchodzący świat - Magazyn O.pl" (in Polish).
- Turkiewicz, Jabłonowska, Agata (16 January 2019). "Lista Mocy 1918-2018. Michał Choromański" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- Marek Sołtysik, deputies to: Michał Choromański Jealousy and medicine. Poznań Publishing House, 1990
- Księżyk, Rafał (December 2017). "Prolegomena do Choromańskiego / Literatura / dwutygodnik.com" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.