Wat, Aleksander

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Also known as (3 names)

–: Aleksander Wat · Chwat, Aleksander · Chwat, Aleksander E.

Born: 1900
Died: 1967

(1900–1967), poet, prose writer, and publicist. Aleksander Wat (born Chwat) studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Warsaw. As a young poet, Wat cofounded the Polish futurist movement and participated in the drafting of its manifestos. He also coedited avant-garde literary journals and expressed his pro-Communist sympathies in the left-wing press. Imprisoned by the Soviets in 1940–1941, he spent the remainder of World War II in Kazakhstan and returned to Poland in 1946. Seriously ill, Wat traveled several times for treatment to France, where he eventually settled in 1963.

Identifiers

DBpedia: Aleksander_Wat
GND: 118860771 · about
Library of Congress: n82078596 id
VIAF: 93235237
Wikidata: Q774029
catalogue.bnf.fr: cb12069370v catalogue
de.wikipedia.org: Aleksander_Wat de
en.wikipedia.org: Aleksander_Wat en
hub.culturegraph.org: 118860771 hub
kalliope-verbund.info: 118860771
www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de: 118860771
www.isni.org: 0000000122830222

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Wat, Aleksander

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gnd identifier: 118860771
birth date: 1900
normalised birth date: 1900
birth year: 1900
death date: 1967
normalised death date: 1967
alternative label: Chwat, Aleksander
alternative label: Chwat, Aleksander E.
preferred label: Wat, Aleksander

Wat, Aleksander

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has abstract: (1900–1967), poet, prose writer, and publicist. Aleksander Wat (born Chwat) studied philosophy and psychology at the University of Warsaw. As a young poet, Wat cofounded the Polish futurist movement and participated in the drafting of its manifestos. He also coedited avant-garde literary journals and expressed his pro-Communist sympathies in the left-wing press. Imprisoned by the Soviets in 1940–1941, he spent the remainder of World War II in Kazakhstan and returned to Poland in 1946. Seriously ill, Wat traveled several times for treatment to France, where he eventually settled in 1963. @en
title: Wat, Aleksander
alternative label: Aleksander Wat
preferred label: Wat, Aleksander
has related: About this Article (Poland)
has related: Warsaw

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