Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Poet of the Warsaw Uprising 1944 Poeta Powstania Warszawskiego 1944 Saved poetry, manuscripts, and drawings Poezja, rękopisy i rysunki ocalone

Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski nalezy do grona najwybitniejszych poetów polskich pokolenia wojennego. Urodzil sie w Warszawie w 1921 roku i tu uczeszczal do szkól. W 1942 roku wzial slub z Barbara Drabczynska. Byl zolnierzem batalionu "Parasol" Armii Krajowej. Polegl w Powstaniu Warszawskim, 4 sierpnia 1944 roku na Placu Teatralnym. Jego zona zginela trzy tygodnie pózniej. Postac i wiersze Baczynskie stanowia legende polskiej literatury i historii. Utwory poety przetlumaczyli na jezyk angielski: Anna Maria Mickiewicz, Tomasz Mickiewicz i Steve Rushon. __________________________ Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski is one of the most outstanding Polish poets of the war generation. He was born in Warsaw in 1921, here he attended schools. In 1942, he married Barbara Drabczynska. The poet became a soldier in the "Parasol" battalion of the Home Army. He fought in the Warsaw Uprising and died, wounded with a bullet on the 4th of August 1944. His wife died three weeks later. His figure and poems are the legend of Polish literature and history. Translated by: Anna Maria Mickiewicz, Tomasz Mickiewicz i Steve Rushon.