Bolesław Taborski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBolesław Taborski
Polish poet and BBC presenter
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
About Bolesław Taborski
- Boleslaw Taborski (7 May 1927 – 6 December 2010) was a Polish poet, literary and drama theoretician, essayist, prolific translator of English and Polish, and a long serving BBC Polish Section editor and presenter.
- He chronicled and translated into English the work of some of the most notable Poles of the Post-war era of the 20th century, such as Lech Walesa, Jan Kott, and Jerzy Grotowski.
- His undoubted influence on modern theatre has yet to be assessed in detail.
- He had a personal friendship with Pope John Paul II which grew out of their shared interest in literature and the fact that Taborski was his literary translator into English.
Read more at Wikipedia