Julian Tuwim (1894–1953)

A Jew by birth, Tuwim was the major figure of the "Skamander" school and a leading poet of interwar Poland. A marvelous innovator of poetic language, he published not only numerous collections of poetry, but also several encyclopedic works on folklore. His best poem is Ball at the Opera (1936), in toon meer which he presents an apocalyptic vision of a dictatorship. His most ambitious work, Polish Flowers, was written mainly during World War II, in exile in Brazil and the United States. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder