Wilhelm Przeczek

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Wilhelm Przeczek (7 April 1936 in Karwina - 10 July 2006 in Třinec (Trzyniec)) was a Polish teacher, poet, writer, and activist from Zaolzie. He is considered one of the most important Polish writers from Zaolzie of his generation.

Przeczek was born to a coal miner's family. He studied at a teacher's seminary in Orłowa and then at a college in Prague. He worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie, e.g. in Jabłonków. Przeczek was later briefly a journalist for the newspaper Głos Ludu. He was also an activist within the PZKO (Polish Cultural and Educational Union). He was a member of many Polish literary organizations. Przeczek also translated Czech, Slovak and Sorbian poetry to Polish and Polish poetry into Czech.

During the Prague Spring, Przeczek supported the reformist wing of the Communist Party. His stances led to ban of his works from 1969 to 1989 in Czechoslovakia. His books were published mainly in Poland.

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[edit] Works

[edit] Poetry

  • Czarna calizna (1978)
  • Wpisane w Beskid (1980)
  • Śmierć pomysłu poetyckiego (1981)
  • Szumne podszepty (1982)
  • Księga Urodzaju (1986)
  • Nauka wierności (1986)
  • Tercet (1986)
  • Przeczucie kształtu (1989)
  • Notatnik liryczny (1990)
  • Rękopisy nie płoną (1990)
  • Promlčený počet štěstí (1991)
  • Dym za paznokciami (1992)
  • Na ubitej ziemi (1994)
  • Mapa białych plam (1995)
  • Małe nocne modlitwy (1996)
  • Intimní bedeker (1998)
  • Smak wyciszenia (1999)
  • Stoletý kalendář (2001)

[edit] Prose

  • Skrzyżowanie (1969) (together with Władysław Sikora)
  • Břečťan a jiné strašidelné povídky (1992)
  • Kazinkowe granie (1994)
  • Bienále pivní pěny (1996)

[edit] References

  • Málková, Iva; and Svatava Urbanová (2001). Literární slovník severní Moravy a Slezska (1945-2000). Olomouc: Votobia. ISBN 80-7198-515-5. 
  • Profile of Wilhelm Przeczek in Zwrot 7/2007: 42-43.