Jan Brzoza, real nameJózef Worobiec or Józef Wyrobiec was a Polish writer, publicist, radio-host, Communist activist and one of the founders of the proletarian literature in Poland.
Biography
Józef Worobiec was born in a working-class family. He was a carpenter by education. He made his debut in 1932 with the novelDiaries of the unemployed, unexpectedly winning a special award established for unemployed youth by the Institute of Social Economy at the peak of the economic crisis. This novel attracted the attention of Lviv writers and publishers, and for the future writer, it was the beginning of his literary career. Since then, he dedicated himself to a literary creativity. Since 1933, he was a member of the Lviv brunch of the Polish Writers' Trade Union. Most of his works are devoted to peasant and working themes. In 1936, he published the novel Children, describing the Lviv newspapers' environment. The other novel Building an edifice about construction site workers and their strike was issued in 1938. Since 1921, Jan Brzoza was a member of the Communist Party of Western Ukraine. He participated in the Lviv Ant-Fascist Congress of Cultural Workers in 1936. In 1939-1941, he was a member of the Ukrainian Writers' Union, activist of the Union of Polish Patriots. In 1944–1945, Brzoza was the editor of the Lviv newspaper Czerwony Sztandar. After the World War II he moved to Poland where lived in Silesia. Up to 1947 he was the cultural editor of the Katowice newspaper Trybuna Robotnicza, then in 1947-1956 he led the Katowice branch of the Polish Writers' Union. Elected deputy of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic in 1957–1961 years. Jan Brzoza died in Myszków in 1971, buried in Katowice.
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