Andrzej Bursa
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Andrzej Bursa (March 21, 1932-November 15, 1957) was a Polish poet and writer. Born in Kraków, he studied journalism, then Bulgarian at Jagellon University in Kraków, then worked as a journalist for the Kraków newspaper Dziennik Polski.
He published his first poem in 1954. During his lifetime, he published 37 poems and a short story in different magazines. He died of a heart attack in 1957. Shortly thereafter, his first poetry collection was published, an important event in Polish poetry. There is a poetry prize named after Bursa which many present-day Polish poets (e.g. Ewa Lipska and Stanisław Barańczak) have won.
