Tadeusz Miciński | |
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Born | 9 November 1873 |
Died | February 1918 near
Czeryków |
Nationality | Polish |
Notable work |
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Movement | Young Poland expressionism |
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Tadeusz Miciński (9 November 1873, in Łódź – February 1918, in Cherykaw Raion, Belarus) was an influential Polish poet, gnostic and playwright, and was a forerunner of Expressionism and Surrealism. [1] He is one of the writers of the Young Poland period ( Neoromanticism movement). His writings are strong influenced by Dark Romanticism and Romantic gothic fiction, with a focus on moral battles between good and evil. [2] He was called by many a wizard poet and a worshipper of mysteries.
He studied philosophy at the University of Kraków. His work was heavily influenced by Polish messianism and included philosophical and mystical themes. The most well-known of his poetry collections is W mroku gwiazd (In the Twilight of the Stars), released in 1902, and a 1906 play, Kniaź Patiomkin (Prince Potemkin).
He was friends with the writer and painter Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and the composer Karol Szymanowski, who composed music dedicated to him. [3]
Miciński was assassinated in 1918 during the Russian Revolution, while he was helping to organize the Polish armed forces. [2]
There is a street named for Tadeusz Miciński on the Łódź housing estate Teofilów
Miciński's prose works, which are hermetic and difficult to make sense of, were based on revealed truth. Through them, the author expressed gnosis, fatalism and the view which holds that only the chosen ones ( overmen) can possess a soul and eternal life.
His most popular works are: