Wawrzyniec Żuławski
Mountaineer
1916 – 1957
Who was Wawrzyniec Żuławski?
Wawrzyniec Jerzy Żuławski, also known as Wawa, was a Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist. He was a professor of Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Warsaw. Żuławski was an initiator and organiser of Polish alpinism. During World War II he was a member of Armia Krajowa and was a soldier during the Warsaw Uprising.
Żuławski published music reviews in Ruch Muzyczny, Express Wieczorny, Nowa Kultura. He also composed orchestral, chamber, piano and vocal pieces.
He was one of the leading Polish alpinists. He died on Mont Blanc during a rescue action in 1957.
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- Born
- Feb 14, 1916
Zakopane - Also known as
- Jerzy Wawrzyniec Żuławski
- J. Wawrzyniec Żuławski
- Parents
- Nationality
- Poland
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 18, 1957
Mont Blanc
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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