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Słówka

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Slowka (zbior)

324 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1913

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Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński

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Tadeusz Kamil Marcjan Żeleński (of the Ciołek coat-of-arms) was a Polish stage writer, poet, critic above all, and translator of over 100 French literary classics into Polish. He was a pediatrician and gynecologist by profession.

A notable personality in the Young Poland movement, Boy was the enfant terrible of the Polish literary scene in the first half of the 20th century. He was murdered in July 1941 during the Nazi occupation of Poland in what became known as the massacre of Lviv professors.

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271 reviews30 followers
February 19, 2020
"Boy oh boy!" chcialoby sie rzec, bo Boy pisal zabawnie i czesto dosadnie.
Mimo, ze ten zbior jest pelen perelek nie daje 5*, bo kilka utworow, pisanych o wydarzeniach z czasow Mlodej Polski, stracilo na wymowie.
Niemniej jednak to jest swietna, inteligentna ironia.

P.S. Nawet boje sie pomyslec co Boy napisalby o slynnym "faku" sprzed kilku dni!!! :-D
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184 reviews6 followers
November 29, 2024
4,5
Czuć Młodą Polskę, ironię, a przy okazji eleganckie nawiązania do klasyków literatury polskiej, krakowskie życie kawiarniane i obserwacje społeczeństwa z przymrużeniem oka
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December 11, 2024
erosomańskie fantazje starego kabareciarza, parodia "Umarł Maciek umarł" to kwintesencja tego zbioru
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224 reviews11 followers
January 26, 2024
3.5
A to pstrokaty gagatek z tego Boya (50% to horny jail); bardzo dobrze napisane - fascynuje kształt, odniesienia dla klasyków lat wcześniejszych i polemika z nimi, użytkowość formy (jako odmóżdżenie to nawet sobie można randomowo poczytać jakiś wierszyk od czasu do czasu). ✨
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24 reviews
November 28, 2020
Zbiór poezji i piosenek kabaretowych z początku XX wieku, w których widać uszczypliwe poczucie humoru, figlarność i umiejętności językowe Boya. Sporo tu erotyki, ale też komentarza społecznego i krytyki moralności mieszczańskiej.
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278 reviews8 followers
September 1, 2024
Boy-Żelenski is a household name in Polish interwar literature, the Young Poland movement. He is mainly known for his translations from French, acerbic poetry, and anticlericalism (in very traditional Cracow). Słówka is a collection of poems, songs, and short stories that he wrote over the years. Not always particularly lofty, but rather catchy and punchy. Some of them were even turned into songs of the Zielony Balonik cabaret. Before reading this book, I did not realise that several popular sayings/catchphrases originate from Boy’s poems. It's good to know this book, but it includes a lot of references that are quite obscure without consulting footnotes [i.e. who was who in the Cracow's literary scene of the early 20th century].
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250 reviews7 followers
December 23, 2024
kocham tadeuszka, tyle wierszow z tego zbioru mnie rozśmieszyło amen za niego
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19 reviews1 follower
June 11, 2025
Rymowana esencja młodej Polski
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August 17, 2025
Powroty do twórczości Boya-Żeleńskiego to zawsze są dobre powroty.
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