BEDNARSKI Janusz - Poems and prose, published and with an introduction by Józef Ujejski, Krakow 1910, first edition

Poems and prose with portrait of the author - Janusz Bednarski, published and with an introduction by Józef Ujejski, cover designed by Jan Bukowski, Krakow 1910, first edition, main composition in G. Gebethner i Spółka bookstore in Krakow, printing by L. Anczyc i Spółka, f. 14 x 21,5cm, pp. XXVI, 335, [4], f. plates 7

original publisher's booklet cover preserved, small tear at spine joint of cover, otherwise very good condition, uncut piece

BEDNARSKI Janusz [1891-1908] young, promising poet, author of poems and dramatic works. Son of the headmaster of St. Jacek's Gymnasium in Cracow - Stanislaw Bednarski. After his untimely death, his works were collected and published by Józef Ujejski. Prominent Polish painter Jacek Malczewski immortalized him in his 1907 painting of a boy with wings. He is buried in Rakowicki Cemetery. The original tombstone bore the inscription: "He pleased God with his soul, and therefore he hastened to raise him from among iniquity" [Sap. IV, 14].