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Very good, brown cardboard illustraated soft cover w yellow font on cover and spine, 272 pps, biblio, index, bios of writers referenced in book. Without writing, tight and bright. Dust wrapper tan with the same illustration and font on cover, unclipped, without tears, minimal shelf wear. Text in POLISH. Leszek Józef Serafinowicz was a Polish poet, literary and theater critic, diplomat, and co-founder of the Skamander literary movement and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. "Portraits of people and events "are the memories of an outstanding poet about writers, artists and politicians of the interwar period, printed in the years 1931-1956 in national and émigré literary magazines, Lechon with a few touches pens vivid and multidimensional silhouettes of his friends and acquaintances, narrative inlays with great anecdotes These texts show not only the fascinating collective portrait of the Polish intelligentsia of the twentieth century, but also an important contribution to the biography of the author himself" Portrety ludzi i zdarze?" to wspomnienia wybitnego poety o pisarzach, artystach i politykach dwudziestolecia niepodleg?o?ci, drukowane w latach 1931-1956 na?amach krajowych i emigracyjnych czasopism literackich. Lecho? kilkoma dotkni?ciami pióra kre?li?ywe i wielowymiarowe sylwetki swych przyjació? i znajomych, narracj? inkrustuje?wietnymi anegdotami. Teksty te ukazuj? nie tylko fascynuj?cy portret zbiorowy polskiej inteligencji XX wieku, ale s? te? wa?nym przyczynkiem do poznania biografii samego autora. Bookseller Inventory # 117619