The group was initially closely related to the Pro Arte et Studio literary monthly and the Pod Picadorem (Picador) Café in Warsaw. In 1920 it created its own publication, the Skamander monthly, though its members also collaborated with Wiadomości Literackie (Literary News) and other newspapers.
The young poets were heavily influenced by Leopold Staff and other neoromantic poets. Their main aims were to break the links between history and poetry and to end the nationalist and patriotic functions of Polish poetry. They also emphasized the need to restore poetry to the common people by returning to everyday-language usage in poetry, including colloquialisms, neologisms and vulgarisms. Finally, the Skamandrites (Skamandryci) emphasized the beauty of everyday life and of all forms of life generally, including the biological side.
In contrast to the basic aims of the late-19th-century Young Poland movement, Skamander's members eschewed semi-mythological heroes and protagonists, replacing them with common people. In contrast to the contemporary Awangarda Krakowska (Kraków Avant-Garde) movement, they saw themselves as continuers of Polish literary traditions, especially those of romanticism and neoromanticism.
skamander, this, article, about, group, poets, river, greek, mythology, scamander, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, . This article is about the group of poets For the river in Greek mythology see Scamander This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Skamander news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message Skamander was a Polish group of experimental poets founded in 1918 by Julian Tuwim Antoni Slonimski Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz Kazimierz Wierzynski and Jan Lechon Initially unnamed in December 1919 it adopted the name Skamander after the Scamander River in Asia Minor It gave its name to the monthly review it published from 1920 Nowy Swiat 57 Warsaw birthplace of Skamander Here on 29 November 1918 five poets opened the Picador Cafe 1 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesHistory editThe group was initially closely related to the Pro Arte et Studio literary monthly and the Pod Picadorem Picador Cafe in Warsaw In 1920 it created its own publication the Skamander monthly though its members also collaborated with Wiadomosci Literackie Literary News and other newspapers The young poets were heavily influenced by Leopold Staff and other neoromantic poets Their main aims were to break the links between history and poetry and to end the nationalist and patriotic functions of Polish poetry They also emphasized the need to restore poetry to the common people by returning to everyday language usage in poetry including colloquialisms neologisms and vulgarisms Finally the Skamandrites Skamandryci emphasized the beauty of everyday life and of all forms of life generally including the biological side In contrast to the basic aims of the late 19th century Young Poland movement Skamander s members eschewed semi mythological heroes and protagonists replacing them with common people In contrast to the contemporary Awangarda Krakowska Krakow Avant Garde movement they saw themselves as continuers of Polish literary traditions especially those of romanticism and neoromanticism Apart from the movement s five chief members several lesser known poets and critics adhered to its principles They included Kazimiera Illakowiczowna Stanislaw Balinski Gabriel Michal Karski Swiatopelk Karpinski Jerzy Paczkowski Karol Zawodzinski and Wilam Horzyca See also editPolish literatureNotes edit Information from plaque placed on the building in 2006 References editBarry Keane Skamander The Poets and Their Poetry Warsaw Agade 2004 ISBN 83 87111 29 5 Skamander Encyklopedia Polski Encyclopedia of Poland Krakow Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczynski 1996 ISBN 83 86328 60 6 p 617 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Skamander amp oldid 1209357446, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
