Bogdan Czaykowski (1932 – d. 2007) was a Polish Canadian poet, essayist, literary translator and literary critic,

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and former Dean at the

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. Czaykowski was born in Równe,

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. In 1940 his family was deported to Siberia by the

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, and his father died in a

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concentration camp, while his brother died of starvation. He wrote numerous articles in academic journals and literary magazines, and was the subject of literary research papers. Czaykowski received the

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in 1996 and several Polish literary awards, among others, from ''Fundacja Kościelskich'' (1964) and ''Fundacja Turzańskich'' (1992). His poetic debut was in the monthly

Kultura paryska ''Kultura'' (, ''Culture'')—sometimes referred to as ''Kultura Paryska'' ("Paris-based Culture")—was a leading Poland, Polish-émigré literary magazine, literary-political magazine, published from 1947 to 2000 by ''Instytut Literacki'' (th ...

("''Kultura''" Literary Institute, Paris, 1955). Czaykowski published also many essays on other writers and literary subjects.About C. Milosz and W.

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(

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) Czaykowski died in 2007 in

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, British Columbia, Canada.

Published books of poetry

• ''Trzciny czcionek'' (London, 1957); • ''Sura'' (London, 1961); • ''Spór z granicami'' (Paris, 1964); • ''Point-no-Point'' (Paris, 1971); • ''Wiatr z innej strony'' (

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, 1990); • ''Okanagańskie sady'' (

Wrocław Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly ...

, 1998, ); • ''Jakieś ogromne szczęście'' (Cracow, 2007, ). In anthologies: • ''Ryby na piasku'' (London, 1965); • Postwar Polish Poetry (New York, 1965); • ''Een Gevecht om Lucht'' (''Maasbree'', 1979); • The Burning Forest ( Bloodaxe, 1988); • ''Panorama der Polnishen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts'' ( Zurich, 1996); Scanning the Century: the Penguin Book of the Twentieth Century in Poetry (London, 1999). He was a frequent contributor to many literary journals and magazines, including ''Kultura'' (Paris), ''Kontynenty'' (London), ''Fraza'' (Rzeszów),
''Strumień''
(

), '' Twórczość'' (

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) and others. ↑(all titles in original languages of publications - Polish, German, and English)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Czaykowski, Bogdan 1932 births 2007 deaths Polish male writers University of British Columbia faculty Canadian people of Polish descent Place of birth missing People associated with the magazine "Kultura"