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Bolesław Leśmian (born Bolesław Lesman; January 22, 1877〔The exact date of his birth is disputed: the act of birth mentions 1877, Leśmian himself used 1878, while the date mentioned on his tombstone is 1879.〕 – November 7, 1937) was a Polish poet, artist and member of the Polish Academy of Literature. He was one of the most influential poets of the early 20th century in Poland, one of the best poets of 20th century and cousin of another notable poet of the epoch - Jan Brzechwa and a nephew of famous poet and writer of Young Poland - Antoni Lange. ==Biography== Bolesław Leśmian was born January 22, 1877 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire to a family of Polonized Jewish intelligentsia. He spent his childhood and youth in Kiev, where he graduated from the law faculty of Saint Vladimir University. In 1901, he returned to Warsaw. From there, he set off on a journey to various European cities, including Munich and Paris, where he married a painter, Zofia Chylińska. Heavily influenced by French modernists, Leśmian returned to Warsaw, where he became one of the founders of an experimental ''Artistic Theatre''. There he also met one of his closest friends, Zenon Przesmycki, with whom he became involved in the publication of ''Chimera'', an art newspaper. Although he made his debut in 1895 (a series of poems published in ''Wędrowiec'' magazine), his works initially went unnoticed. To sound "more Polish", Leśmian adopted a slightly modified version of his surname which included typically Polish sounds (previously it had been Lesman). According to various conflicting sources, the author of the pen-name which eventually became his official surname was either the known poet and poet's uncle Antoni Lange, or a renowned bon-vivant of Warsaw, Franc Fiszer. The first booklet issued in Warsaw in 1912 (''Sad Rozstajny'') did not bring him much publicity either, and in 1912 Leśmian moved back to France. He returned in 1914. From 1918 until 1934, he worked as a manager of large landed estates in Hrubieszów and then as a lawyer in Zamość. At the same time he published the best known of his books: ''Łąka'' (''The Meadow'', 1920) and ''Napój cienisty'' (1936). In 1933, he was accepted as a permanent member of the Polish Academy of Literature. In 1935, he moved back to Warsaw, where he died two years later. He is buried in Powązki Cemetery, in the Alley of the Meritorious, among other notable Polish writers, politicians and military men. His daughter, Dunia Leśmianowna later married British adventurer and traveller Denis Hills. Actress and singer Gillian Hills was born of this marriage in 1944.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385118/bio〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bolesław Leśmian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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