known as a translator, particularly of American poetry (T. S. Eliot and Wallace Stevens) and of Spanish poetry (Federico García Lorca and Pedro Calderón de la Barca). As an essayist, Rymkiewicz concentrated on Polish history (the partition period, World War II). He supported the conservative Law and Justice political party. Rymkiewicz died on 3 February 2022, at the age of 86. Publications Poetry Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1957: Konwencje ("Conventions") 1983: Ulica Mandelsztama ("Mandelstam Street") 1984: Mogila Ordona ("Ordon's Grave") 1993: Moje dzielo posmiertne ("My Posthumous Works") Krakow: Znak 1999: Znak niejasny, baśń półżywa ("The Unclear sign, a Half-living Legend"), Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy 2002: Zachód słońca w Milanówku ("Sunset in Milanówek"), Warsaw: Sic! 2006: Do widzenia gawrony ("Good-bye, Rooks"), Warsaw: Sic! Prose Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in literature" article: Books of Essays 1967: Czym jest klasycyzm ("What is Classicism?") 1968: Mysli rozne o ogrodach ("Various Thoughts about Gardens") 1977: Aleksander Fredro jest w zlym humorze ("Aleksander Fredro is in a Bad Mood") 1982: Juliusz Slowacki pyta o gozine ("Juliusz Slowacki Inquires about the Time"). Warsaw: Czytelnik 1983: Wielki Ksiaze ("Archduke"). Warsaw: PIW 1987: Zmut Warsaw: Niezalezna Oficyna Wydawnicza 1989: Baket 1994: Kilka szczegolow ("A Few Particulars"). Cracow: Arcana 1996: Do Snowia i dalej ("To Snow and Beyond"). Cracow: Arcana 2001: Lesmian. Encyklopedia ("Lesmian. Encyclopedia"). Warsaw: Sic! 2004: Słowacki. Encyklopedia ("Słowacki: The Encyclopaedia"), Warsaw: Sic! 2007: Wieszanie ("Hanging"), Warszawa: Sic! 2008: Kinderszenen, Warszawa: Sic! Novels 1983: Rozmowy polskie latem roku 1983 ("Polish Conversations during 1983 Summer") 1988: Umschlagplatz Comedies 1970: Krol Miesopust ("The King of Meat") 1971: Porwanie Europy ("The Abduction of Europe") 1972: Kochankowie pieklo ("The Lovers of Hell") 1973: Niebianskie bliznieta ("The Heavenly Twins") 1979: Dwor nad Narwia ("Country House on the Narwa") References Further reading Joanna Michlic. "Umschlagplatz". [In:] Polin. A Journal of Polish-Jewish Studies 6(1991): pp. 333–338. Katarzyna Zechenter. "Marek Rymkiewicz". [In:] Holocaust Literature. An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work. Vol.2. Ed. S. Lillian Kremer. Routledge 2003, pp. 1063–1067. . External links Instytut Książki Web page on Rymkiewicz 1935 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Polish poets Polish male dramatists and playwrights Polish people of German descent Polish people of Lipka Tatar descent Nike Award winners Polish male poets University of Łódź alumni Writers from Warsaw People associated with the magazine "Kultura"