Janusz Gaudyn

Janusz Gaudyn (25 February 1935 in Katowice-Ochojec – 22 June 1984 in Trzyniec) was a Polish physician, writer and poet. He is known mostly for his aphorisms.

Janusz Gaudyn
Born	25 February 1935 Katowice-Ochojec, Poland
Died	22 June 1984 (aged 49) Třinec, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Physician, poet, writer
Citizenship	Czechoslovak
Children	three

Gaudyn lived since 1939 in the Zaolzie region and spent his youth in Frysztat. He graduated from the Juliusz Słowacki Polish Gymnasium in Orłowa and later from medical studies at the Palacký University in Olomouc. He worked as an internist in the hospital in Český Těšín and later as a general practitioner in Trzycież, he lived in Trzyniec. Gaudyn was a member of the Polish Cultural and Educational Union and several literary organizations.

Works

• Fraszki i fraszeczki (1967)
• Zdania (1969)
• Duet (1969) (together with Gabriel Palowski)
• List (1980)
• My (1980)
• Z tej ziemi : 129 fraszek o miłości (1983)

References

• Radłowska-Obrusnik, Martyna; Otylia Toboła (1997). Leksykon PZKO. Czeski Cieszyn: Zarząd Główny PZKO. OCLC 189531468.

• Sikora, Władysław (1993). Pisarze Zaolzia. Czeski Cieszyn: Wydawnictwo Olza przy Radzie Polaków. OCLC 233485106.

Further reading

• Kazimierz Kaszper, ed. (2010). Janusz Gaudyn. Karwina: Polskie Wydawnictwo Medyczne w Republice Czeskiej. ISBN 978-80-87381-03-8.