Albin Siekierski


Albin Franciszek Siekierski was a Polish writer.

Biography

Siekierski was born on 1 March 1920 in Imielin, Weimar Republic. He was born into a family of railwaymen. Siekierski completed the classic grammar school in Mysłowice in 1938. Although never signed “deutsche Volksliste”, he was called up into Wehrmacht, sent to the eastern front and wounded there in the battle of Kursk.
After recovery he deserted from German army. Thanks to the support of friends he got new identity papers issued as Bonifacy Czyżewski. He was nonetheless picked up in a raid in Kraków and was deported to a Nazi helping camp in Saxony. He had to work in a china factory. After returning home he studied at college for human sciences and economics in Katowice.

Literary legislating

Albin Siekierski made his poetic debut 1936. He printed two stories in the following press after the war: Gośc Niedzielny and Ogniw an organ of Armia Krajowa . In the fifties he was member of editorial staff of Poglądy On 1958 he got out the stage play Domek z ogródkiem, that is meant for amateur theatre. 1959 following plays were published: "Na granicy Górnego Śląska" and "Umowa stoi", further in 1960 the one-act play "Szarwark".
The novel "Ocalenie" came out in 1960 as well, which could be considered as the real debut of Albin Siekierski. His other works of literature are: "Urodzajne piachy", "Pół godziny przyjaźni", by which the movie "Czerwone berety" is made, "Odchodzące niepokoje", "Ku górze nad rzeką", "Ziemia nie boi się kul", "Chłodny wiatr odpędza ptaki", "Czarne i białe pióropusze", "Dziewczyna ze strzelnicy", "Nie odpoczywa w spokoju", "Drzewo liści nie dobiera", "Nie dojrzeje owoc", "Nic się nie stało", "Druga strona księżyca", script for the movie Ślad na ziemi . The plot of the novel Ziemia nie boi się kul takes place in Imielin in times of the Silesian Uprisings.
Kazimierz Kutz based the scenario for "Paciorki jednego różańca" on one of Albin Siekierski's stories of the subject area "this house is no more". Albin Siekierski's other screenplays are "Symulanci", "Nie wstydź się własnej żony", "Sprawa osobista", "Wina bez kary", "Fermentacja". Withal he wrote the scenario for the television series Blisko, coraz bliżej.
Over thirty years Albin Siekierski wrote dozens of novels, stories, stage plays and feuilletons.
Between 1985 and 1989 he was a member of parliament of People's Republic of Poland.
On 28 February 1989, Albin Siekierski died, in his habitation Katowice Ligota. In 2004 there was founded a collective and cultural society of his name in his birth town.

Filmography

  • 1963: "Czerwone berety" – screenplay
  • 1977: "Okrągły tydzień" – writer
  • 1980: "Paciorki jednego rózanca" – writer – based on the story "Tego domu juz nie ma"
  • 1983: "Blisko, coraz blizej" – writer
  • 1990: "Rodzina Kanderów" – writer