Henryk Jasiczek

Henryk Jasiczek (2 March 1919 – 8 December 1976) was a Polish Czech journalist, poet, writer, and activist.

He is considered one of the most important writers from the Trans-Olza region after World War II and one of the most popular local Polish poets.

Jasiczek was also an active member of the Polish Cultural and Educational Union, where he directed its Literary-Artistic Section (SLA) from 1945 to 1968.

His lyric poetry is full of melancholy and appreciation of the natural beauties of his region, mostly the Beskids mountain ranges.

Jasiczek's adoration of natural beauties of his region, particularly the Beskids can be seen for example in Nie zdradzę (I Will not Betray) poem from Obuszkiem ciosane (Cut with Cudgel) poetry collection.

Grave of Henryk Jasiczek and his wife in Český Těšín. His own epitaph reads: If for someone a single poem of mine was just an autumn ray, I didn't live uselessly. [ a ]