Zygmunt Haupt
Polish artist (1907-1975)
Zygmunt Haupt (5 March 1907 – 10 May 1975) was a Polish writer and painter.
Biography
He was born in Ułaszkowce, Podole. His father Ludwik was a school inspector and his mother was a teacher. Initially he attended a school in Tarnopol. In 1925 he graduated from Kopernik gymnasium (high school) in Lwów and later studied engineering and architecture at the Lwów Politechnic. After the death of his father in 1928, he went to Paris, where he studied urban studies in 1931-1932 at Sorbonne. He started to write and paint there. After return to Lwów he became active in local cultural life.
In 1939 he was mobilized into the army and fought during the Invasion of Poland in the 10th Brigade of Motorized Cavalry of colonel Stanisław Maczek. After the Soviet invasion of Poland Haupt fled to Hungary and later to France.
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