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Złamany miecz
Polish
- GenresPolish Literature
219 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Kornel Makuszyński
98 books36 followersKornel Makuszyński (Stryj, now in Ukraine, 8 January 1884 — 31 July 1953, Zakopane) was a Polish writer of children's and youth literature.
Makuszyński attended 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 (then Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, Poland) 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.
His children's books have an enduring popularity in Poland, whatever the sharp changes in the country's fortunes and its political system. They have been translated to many other languages. Among others, they are very popular in Israel, where Polish Jewish immigrants since the 1920s and 1930's took care to have many of them translated to Hebrew and introduced them to their own children.
Makuszyński attended 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 (then Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, Poland) 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.
His children's books have an enduring popularity in Poland, whatever the sharp changes in the country's fortunes and its political system. They have been translated to many other languages. Among others, they are very popular in Israel, where Polish Jewish immigrants since the 1920s and 1930's took care to have many of them translated to Hebrew and introduced them to their own children.
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December 27, 2024
Oj, oj, ramatka. Książki nie można było wydawać w PRL z powodu miejsca akcji (Litwa), ale prawdę powiedziawszy to jedna ze słabszych powieści Makuszyńskiego. Bohaterowie przemawiają do siebie zabawnym, kwiecistym językiem, dokładnie tak samo, jak w innych utworach autora i są programowo uczciwi i szlachetni, co sprawia, że nie mają właściwie indywidualności. Zagadka złamanego miecza pojawia się dopiero pod koniec narracji i zostaje bardzo szybko rozwiązana. Poza tym zbyt wiele się nie dzieje.
February 11, 2025
krótkie, ale nudnawe, dlatego nic dziwnego, że niezbyt popularne. Poza tym typowy koncept- waśnie rodów. O wiele lepszy jest „Szatana z siódmej klasy” Makuszyńskiego. Jeżeli dobrze pamiętam, to w trakcie lektury byłam w stanie zgadnąć koniec.
November 9, 2021
3.25
W porządku, ale to nic niezwykłego
W porządku, ale to nic niezwykłego
March 5, 2022
Książka napisana ładnym językiem.
Nie do końca wiem czemu, cały czas kojarzy mi się z "Panem Tadeuszem"
Nie do końca wiem czemu, cały czas kojarzy mi się z "Panem Tadeuszem"
January 26, 2023
co za piękny, pełen humoru język. wspaniały powrót do dzieciństwa!
April 5, 2022
Adam is sixteen and completely alone in the world. He's doing his best to survive, which is not easy - there are days when there is nothing to eat and buying new shoes is a challenge. One day he finds out that he's the only heir of an affluent man and his life completely changes. I enjoyed this book very much, it was positive and full of faith in the goodness of human hearts, a joy to read in difficult times. Five stars.
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