Leonard Gorski

Poet

Far Rockaway, NY
New York US
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Author's Bio

Leonard Górski was born in Krasnystaw, Poland. After graduating from high school, he completed his basic military service and studied Polish Philology at the Faculty of Humanities of the Catholic University of Lublin, where he obtained a master's degree. He worked at Department of Religious Literature at the Catholic University of Lublin and cooperated with the Editorial Office of KUL publishers. In 1983-86, he was a teacher in elementary school in Stanków, Poland and in 1986, he went to Italy. Trough the refugee camp in Latina near Rome, he was able to get to the United States, in 1987. He lives currently in New York. Mr Górski has published poems in “Poezja” - Polish monthly magazine, “Kamena” and “Nestor”. Also in London's “Ekspresje” - magazine for Polish writers in diaspora, and few anthologies of poetry and online in Polish and English. Published books: “U Wrót Medytacji”, Lublin 2020, Test; “At The Gates of Meditation. Selected poems”, Outskirts Press 2020

Publications & Prizes

Book:
At The Gates Of Meditation (Outskirts Press, 2020)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Cz. Milosz, T.S. Eliot, W. B. Yeats, M. Proust...
What I'm reading now: 
Swans's Way by Marcel Proust

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Polish
Fluent in: 
Polish
Born in: 
Krasnystaw
Poland
Raised in: 
Krasnystaw
Poland
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Last update: May 10, 2023