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Stefan Themerson

1910–1988

Frame from The Eye and the Ear 1945, printed c.1950s–1970s
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Biography

Stefan Themerson (25 January 1910 – 6 September 1988) was a Polish writer of children's literature, poet and inventor of Semantic Poetry, novelist, script writer filmmaker, composer and philosopher. He wrote in at least three languages. With his wife, Franciszka Themerson, they are regarded as leading husband-and-wife exponents of European Surrealism and publishers.

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Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1928, printed later

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Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1928–9, printed later

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Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1930, printed later

Frame from The Eye and the Ear

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1945, printed c.1950s–1970s
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The Eye and the Ear

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1944–1945

The Adventure of a Good Citizen

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1937

Calling Mr. Smith

Franciszka Themerson, Stefan Themerson
1943
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