Iwaszkiewicz, Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980) was one of Poland's most renowned twentieth-century writers, known for novels, stories, poetry, plays and essays. In 1919 he co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets with Julian Tuwim and Antoni Slonimskis. In WWII, he was an active member of the underground resistance which helped many writers, artists and intellectuals hide and escape persecuation during the German occupation of Poland. After the war he was chair of the Polish Writers Union.