Tadeusz Gajcy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tadeusz Gajcy

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1922

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1944

Profession: poet

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Tadeusz Stefan Gajcy (Polish pronunciation: [ta'd?.u? 'gajts?]; 8 February 1922, Warsaw - 16 August 1944, Warsaw) was a Polish poet and Armia Krajowa (Polish Home Army) soldier. He co-founded and edited the bibula literary magazine, Sztuka i Naród.
He debuted in the underground press in 1942 and is considered to have been the most notable member of the "Generation of Columbuses," after Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski.Like Baczynski, Gajcy died in the Warsaw Uprising of August–October 1944. On August 2, 2009, President Lech Kaczynski posthumously awarded Gajcy the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the independence of the Polish Republic and for achievements in the development of Polish culture.