The poem ‘Pali Sie!’ was first published as an independent work in 1946, with illustrations by his friend Jan Marcin Szancer later, it was compiled in a book titled Brzechwa dzieciom (Brzechwa for Children), which, although it appeared in 1956, is still being reprinted today. Apart from his poems and short stories aimed at young readers, he also wrote satirical poetry and translated various works by Russian authors. Under his real name he published books on law and used his pen name Brzechwa for his literary creations. For many years he worked in the Polish Society of Authors and Composers, of which he became the director. He studied Law and specialised in intellectual property. Brzechwa’s real name was Jan Wiktor Lesman he was born in 1898 in Zmerynka, in the Podolia region, and died in Warsaw in 1966. It was written by Jan Brzechwa (pronounced ‘bshegfa’), author of a great number of children’s books that have been enjoyed, and still are, by several generations of readers. ‘Pali Sie!’ (Fire!) is a very popular poem in Poland.
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