Jalu Kurek (29 February 1904, in

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– 10 November 1983, in

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) was a

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and prose writer, one of the figures of the so-called Kraków avant-garde. He was one of the contributors of the group's magazine '' Zwrotnica''. He was a laureate of the

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Literary Award for the novel "Grypa szaleje w Naprawie" ("Influenza ravages Naprawa"). Jalu-Kurek--autograf

He graduated from the Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School in Kraków and obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from

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. He continued his studies at

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. He was a lifelong friend of

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