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Jalu Kurek

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Jalu Kurek (29 February 1904, in Kraków – 10 November 1983, in Rabka) was a Polish poet and prose writer, one of the figures of the so-called Kraków avant-garde. He was one of the contributors of the group's magazine Zwrotnica.[1] He was a laureate of the Young Poland Literary Award for the novel "Grypa szaleje w Naprawie" ("Influenza ravages Naprawa").

His autograph asked for in Cracow (Septembre 1979)

He graduated from the Bartłomiej Nowodworski High School in Kraków and obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from Jagiellonian University. He continued his studies at University of Naples. He was a lifelong friend of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

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  1. ^ Frank Kujawinski (1993). "Przyboś and the second avant-garde". The Polish Review. 38 (1): 25. JSTOR 25778689.