Leopold Staff
Polish poet and artist
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Leopold Henryk Staff was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in Kraków. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Polish PEN Club. Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1878, Lviv, Ukraine
Died: May 31, 1957 (age 78 years), Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland
Spouse: Helena Staff (m. 1920–1957)
Books: Leopold Staff, An Empty Room, and Z łacińska śpiewa Słowian muza
Education: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (1897–1901)
Parents: Leopoldyna Fuhrherr and Frantisek Staff
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