Wacław Berent
Polish novelist and translator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wacław Berent (Warsaw, 28 September 1878 – 19 November or 22 November 1940, Warsaw) was a Polish novelist, essayist and literary translator from the Art Nouveau period, publishing under the pen names S.A.M. and Wł. Rawicz. He studied Natural Science in Kraków and Zurich, and obtained a PhD in Munich before returning to Warsaw and embarking on a literary career around the turn of the century.[1] Having devoted himself to writing he was influenced by Nietzsche, whom he translated.[2] Berent became a member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (Polish: Polska Akademia Literatury) in 1933.[3]