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Date of Birth
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13-September-1894
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Place of Birth
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Åódź
(Poland, Åódź Voivodeship)
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Nationality
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Poland
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Also know as
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Oldlen, Tuvim, Schyzio Frenik, Wim, J. Wim, Pikador, Roch Pekiński, Oldlen
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Profession
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Writer, Poet, Journalist, Translator
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Julian Tuwim, known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" when writing song lyrics, was a Polish poet of Jewish descent, born in Åódź, Congress Poland. He was educated in Åódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at the Warsaw University. In 1919 Tuwim co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets with Antoni SÅ‚onimski and JarosÅ‚aw Iwaszkiewicz. He was a major figure in Polish literature, admired also for his contribution to children's literature. He was the recipient of a prestigious Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature in 1935.
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