Kornel Makuszyński
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Kornel Makuszyński (8 January 1884 in Stryj, currently Ukraine — 31 July 1953 in Zakopane) was a Polish writer of children's and youth literature.
He went to school in Lviv (Polish: Lwów), and wrote his first poems at the age of 14. These were published two years later in the newspaper Słowo Polskie, in which he soon became a theatre critic. He studied language and literature at both the University of Lviv and in Paris. He was evacuated to Kiev in 1915, where he ran the Polish Theatre and was the chairman of the Polish writers and journalist community.
He moved to Warsaw in 1918, and became a writer.
He was buried at the Peksowe Brzysko cemetery in Zakopane, where he lived from 1945. There is a museum dedicated to him there.
[edit] Bibliography (incomplete)
- Innocent Years (1925; Bezgrzeszne lata)
- The Two Who Stole the Moon (1928; O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc; filmed in 1962 starring Lech Kaczyński, now President of Poland, and his identical twin brother Jarosław, now Prime Minister of Poland)
- 120 adventures of Matołek the Billy-Goat (1933; 120 Przygód Koziołka Matołka)
- Argument about Basia (1936; Awantura o Basię; filmed 1959)
- Satan from the 7th grade (1937; Szatan z siódmej klasy)
- Merry Devil's Friend (1937; Przyjaciel wesołego diabła; filmed 1987)
- About the Wavel Dragon (1937; O wawelskim smoku; filmed 1987)
- Eva's folly (1940; Szaleństwa panny Ewy; filmed 1985)
