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Despite literary success, Serafinowicz was beset with mental anxiety, caused by his [[homosexuality]], among other things. He left Warsaw in [[1930]] and became an attache at the Polish Embassy in [[Paris]], where he stayed until [[1939]], after which he visited a number of places before settling in [[New York]]. During [[World War II]] he contributed to the propaganda of the Polish government-in-exile.
Despite literary success, Serafinowicz was beset with mental anxiety, caused by his [[homosexuality]], among other things. He left Warsaw in [[1930]] and became an attache at the Polish Embassy in [[Paris]], where he stayed until [[1939]], after which he visited a number of places before settling in [[New York]]. During [[World War II]] he contributed to the propaganda of the Polish government-in-exile.


In [[1956]], Serafinowicz committed suicide, jumping from a hotel window. His papers are archived at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.
In [[1956]], Serafinowicz committed suicide, jumping from a hotel window. His papers are archived at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.

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[[Category:1899 births|Lechon, Jan]]
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Leszek Józef Serafinowicz (13 June, 1899 - 8 June, 1956) who usually went by the pseudonym Jan Lechoń was a Polish poet and diplomat. He was also a journalist, literary critic, and theater critic.

In 1916 Serafinowicz started studies in his hometown, at the University of Warsaw, at which point he had already authored two collections of poetry and a play.

Despite literary success, Serafinowicz was beset with mental anxiety, caused by his homosexuality, among other things. He left Warsaw in 1930 and became an attache at the Polish Embassy in Paris, where he stayed until 1939, after which he visited a number of places before settling in New York. During World War II he contributed to the propaganda of the Polish government-in-exile.

In 1956, Serafinowicz committed suicide, jumping from a hotel window. His papers are archived at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.