Jan Maria Gisges
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Jan Maria Gisges was a Polish poet, prose writer and dramatist.
He studied philology
of Polish at University of Warsaw
. Between 1943 and 1945 he was imprisoned by German Nazis in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps. After the war he lived in Kielce
where he worked for the county government. He was also the editor of the regional monthly "Cychry". He published his first poems in official media in 1949. Since 1949 he lived in Warsaw. He was an activist of the Polish Union of Writers.
He studied philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
of Polish at University of Warsaw
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...
. Between 1943 and 1945 he was imprisoned by German Nazis in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps. After the war he lived in Kielce
Kielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
where he worked for the county government. He was also the editor of the regional monthly "Cychry". He published his first poems in official media in 1949. Since 1949 he lived in Warsaw. He was an activist of the Polish Union of Writers.