About Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf ˈjɛʐɨ lɛts]; 6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966), born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most influential aphorists of the 20th century, known for lyric poetry and ironic philosophical-moral aphorisms, often with a political subtext. == Biography == Son of the Baron Benno de Tusch-Letz and Adéle Safrin, he was born on 6 March 1909 in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Lviv) to a Jewish nobilitated family. The family moved to Vienna at the onset of First World War, and Lec received his early education there. The father died in 1915. After the war, mother and son returned to their hometown, now called Lwów in the Second Polish Republic. Lec attended the Lemberg Evangelical School. In 1927 he matriculated and began studies at Lwów's Jan Kazimierz University in Polish language and law. He graduated in 1933. His literary debut was in 1929.
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