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Karol Wiktor Zawodziński, also known by his pseudonym Karol de Johne, (1 June 1890 – 14 December 1949) was a Polish literary critic, theoretist and historian of literature. He was associated with the group Skamander.
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Born | Warsaw, Vistula Land | 1 June 1890
Died | 14 December 1949 59) Toruń, Polish People's Republic | (aged
Pen name | Karol de Johne |
Occupation | Literary critic Theoretist Historian of literature |
Language | Polish |
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
Genre | Poetry |
Zawodziński was born on 1 June 1890 in Warsaw. In the years of 1908–1913 he studied Latin philology at the university of Saint Petersburg. In 1914 he joined the Polish Legions and during the years of 1918–1932 was an officer in the Polish Army.
In 1921 he made his own debut as a literary critic in Przegląd Warszawski, where he also published his own poetry works, later collected in Descour under pseudonym Karol de Johne. Zawodziński was awarded Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature (Polish: Złoty Wawrzyn Polskiej Akademii Literatury). In 1946 he became a professor of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
He died on 14 December 1949 in Toruń.
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