Marcin Baran (born 1963 in Kraków) is a Polish poet and journalist. He has a degree in Polonistics from the Jagiellonian University. He is one of the Polish poets who published their verses in the magazine bruLion (sometimes spelled brulion).
One of the main themes of his poetry is woman, for him the symbol of deathlessness. His poems have been translated into German, Slovak and Czech.
Books of poetry
: Oficyna Literacka, 1990 Kraków-Warszawa: bruLion, 1992 Kraków: Baran i Suszczyński, 1996 (nominated for Nike Award) Poznań: a5, 1996 Kraków: Oficyna Literacka, 1998 Kraków: WL, 1999 Kraków: Zebra, 2000 Kraków: Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa 2001 (selected poems) Kraków: a5, 2003
References
(White Abysses), Host, Brno, 1997, p. 126, 181–9.
Bibliography Polish bibliography