Aleksander Wat Life and Art of an Iconoclast |
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| Author:
| Venclova, Tomas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-06406-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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This work tells the story of Aleksander Wat, from his Polish-Jewish upbringing, his participation in the literary avant-garde in the 1920s, through to his work as editor of a Communist journal before World War II, his conversion to democracy, and his emigration to the West in 1959.
This work tells the story of Aleksander Wat, from his Polish-Jewish upbringing, his participation in the literary avant-garde in the 1920s, through to his work as editor of a Communist journal before World War II, his conversion to democracy, and his emigration to the West in 1959.