Andrzej Nowicki (writer)
Andrzej Nowicki (1909–1986) was a Polish poet, satirical writer, and translator. He fought in the Polish September Campaign; imprisoned in the German officer's camp Oflag II-C in Woldenberg, he was engaged in organizing cultural activities there. From 1945 to 1948 he worked for the Polish Press Agency in London. He returned to Poland in 1956.
Nowicki co-wrote "Księga nonsensu" (Book on Nonsense) with Antoniego Marianowicza, translating poems and short stories into Polish written by (to name just a few) - Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, William Gilbert and Thomas S. Eliot.
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