10 Facts About Roman Brandstaetter

Roman Brandstaetter was a Polish writer, poet, playwright, journalist and translator.

Roman Brandstaetter graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow with a degree in philosophy and Polish and taught in a Jewish high school in Warsaw.

Roman Brandstaetter wrote exclusively in Polish and actively participated in literary discussions, and was interested in history.

In 1946, Roman Brandstaetter left Palestine for Rome, where he served as cultural attache at the Polish embassy and was baptized.

Roman Brandstaetter translated works from Hebrew, including Psalter, German, English, French, Dutch and Czech.

Roman Brandstaetter wrote extensively for the Polish Catholic press, including the Catholic weekly magazine, Tygodnik Powszechny, consolidating his reputation as one of Poland's leading religious writers.

Roman Brandstaetter died in Poznan on September 28,1987, of a heart attack.

Roman Brandstaetter was buried next to his wife Regina, nee Brochwicz-Wiktor in the Milostowo Cemetery in Poznan.

Roman Brandstaetter's biography reflects the dramatic experiences and radical ideological choices facing twentieth-century Jewish intelligentsia.

Roman Brandstaetter's life was shaped by Zionism and, later, Catholicism, while his literary output synthesized Jewish, Polish, Christian, and Greek and Roman traditions.