Artur Oppman

Artur Franciszek Oppman (14 August 1867 – 4 November 1931) was a Young Poland poet who wrote under the pen name "Or-Ot".

Artur Oppman was born 14 August 1867, in Warsaw[1] to a burgher family with German roots, which had arrived in Poland in 1708 from Thuringia.

Between 1883 and 1885 he also published in Tygodnik Ilustrowany (The Illustrated Weekly), Kłosy (Ears [fruiting bodies of grain plants]), and Świt (Dawn).

In 1893, based on these experiences, he published a collection of poems, Ze Starego Miasta (From the Old Town), and in 1894 a related volume of Pieśni (Songs).

Oppman established extensive contacts in Warsaw's literary world, meeting often with Bolesław Prus, Stefan Żeromski, Felicjan Faleński, Władysław Reymont, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Bolesław Leśmian, Antoni Lange, Wojciech Kossak, Jan Lechoń, and others.

Oppman circa 1930