Wacław Berent [SEP] place of death
Wacław Berent
Wacław Berent (Warsaw, 28 September 1878 – 19 November or 22 November 1940, Warsaw) was a Polish novelist, essayist and literary translator from the Art Nouveau period, publishing under the pen names S.A.M. and Wł. Rawicz. He studied Natural Science in Kraków and Zurich, and obtained a PhD in Munich before returning to Warsaw and embarking on a literary career around the turn of the century. Berent became a member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature () in 1933.
Literary output.
and Srebrny Wawrzyn). Another prize, also widely regarded, was the Young Writer's Award, a "door-opener" for new and emerging talent. The honorary members included also the Academy's main promotors: President of Poland Ignacy Mościcki and Marshal Józef Piłsudski.
Among the members of the Academy were the luminaries of Poland's literary life including its own president Wacław Sieroszewski, vicepresident Leopold Staff, secretary general Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, and popular writers such as Wacław Berent, Piotr Choynowski, Zofia Nałkowska, Zenon