Zenon Przesmycki (

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

''Miriam''; Radzyń Podlaski, 22 December 1861 – 17 October 1944,

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), was a Polish poet, translator and an art critic of the literary period of Młoda Polska, who studied law in Italy, France and England; in years of 1887 and 1888, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Warsaw magazine ''Życie'' (Life), an influential first-ever publication on

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in Poland.

Professional career

Zenon Przesmycki was a member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature. He first discovered and popularised the work of Polish national poet

Cyprian Norwid Cyprian Kamil Norwid (; – 23 May 1883) was a Polish poet, dramatist, painter, sculptor, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the four most important Polish Romanticism, Polish Romantic poets, though scholars still debate whether he is ...

, who was almost forgotten in exile. Przesmycki published the art magazine ''Chimera'' (1901–1908) featuring the works of Norwid. One of his closest friends was Bolesław Leśmian also involved there. Another friend of his, poet Antoni Lange, wrote an ode to him, in a series of ''Odes to Friends'' (" Pieśni dla przyjaciół"). Przesmycki published many translations of renowned French poets, including

Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics ...

and

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine ( ; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolism (movement), Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' ...

, as well as

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...

and Algernon Charles Swinburne from English. His own 1892 translation of Arthur Rimbaud's ''The Drunken Boat'' ('' Le Bateau ivre'') became a literary event in partitioned Poland. In the interwar period, Przesmycki served as Minister of Culture and Art (1919).

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Professional career

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