Wyspiański Stanisław, Letters to Stanisław Lack, published by Literackie, Kraków 1957, edition of 1500 copies, p. 199, dimensions 13 x 19.5 cm. Booklet cover with original wrapper. Slight rubbing of the wrapper.
Stanislaw Izrael Lack (born January 11, 1876, died January 20, 1909) - Polish poet, thinker, translator and literary and theatrical critic of Jewish descent. He graduated from law at the Jagiellonian University. Beginning in 1897, he published, among other things, critical articles and reviews in the weekly Życie. In 1900-1902 he traveled to the United States, Italy and France. In 1902-1903 he was head of the literary department of the Cracow biweekly New Word. From 1908 he resided in Zakopane, where he served on the editorial board of Zakopane magazine, and also published articles in Witeź magazine. He is buried in the new Jewish cemetery on Miodowa Street in Cracow. A collection of Notes and Remarks (1906) was published during his lifetime. Posthumous publications include Studies on Stanislaw Wyspianski (1924) and A Selection of Critical Writings (1980), Spór o pomnik (2010) and Notes and Remarks (2010). In 2006, Mateusz Antoniuk's book Small-Talk Culture of Stanislaw Lack was published, which was devoted to an attempt to reconstruct Stanislaw Lack's aesthetic and philosophical views.