a Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher. He is regarded as one of the great Polish-language prose stylists of the 20th century
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Born
July 12, 1892 Drohobych, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Died
November 19, 1942 (aged 50) Drohobycz, German-occupied Poland
Occupation
Writer, fine artist, literary critic, art teacher
adultbasic
Poland
era
1800+
Genre
Novel, short story
Literary movement
modernism, surrealism, magic realism
Notable works
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, The Street of Crocodiles aka Cinnamon Shops