Marian Walentynowicz (born 20 August 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, died 26 August 1967 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish graphic artist, architect, teacher, writer and comics artist in Poland.
He is probably best known for his collaboration as illustrator with Kornel Makuszyński in their creation of Koziołek Matołek, a popular classic children's series about a billy goat.
Life Walentynowicz studied Architecture at the Warsaw Polytechnic. During the 1930s he taught at the Women's Architectural Academy in Warsaw (). From the 1920s onwards he worked as an illustrator for various Warsaw publications. During the Second World War, he was the war correspondent attached to General Stanisław Maczek's First Panzer division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West. While with the Polish Forces, Walentynowicz stayed in London prior to the Normandy landings. The army had a quandary what to do with a Lieutenant who was a qualified architect, with insufficient knowledge of war craft. 'Make me a general', he suggested laconically and promptly was turned into a journalist.Śledziński, Kacper. (2011) Czarna Kawaleria. Bojowy szlak pancernych Maczka. Warsaw: Otwarte. His war memoirs were published as , War without pathos in 1969.
Graphic legacy
He designed the emblem of the Independent Polish Parachute Brigade as well as the awards for the Brigade's heroes. He was a prolific book illustrator. Among his jacket designs was the wartime edition of Józef Kisielewski's , The Earth Gathers Dust. His children's book illustrations include:
With Kornel Makuszyński: 1933 Koziołek Matołek (120 adventures of Koziołek Matołek), on account of the 120 drawings, each with a caption in a quatrain.
With other authors: , a comic book with text by Ryszard Kiersnowski, published in 1957 by the weekly review for young people, , in a series of 49 whole page comic strips. , 1956, The Adventures of Professor Ladybird
Some of the stories have been turned into well loved TV and feature film animations.Zipes, Jack, Greenhill, Pauline and Magnus-Johnston, Kendra. (2015). Fairy Tale Films Beyond Disney: International Perspectives. London: Routledge. .
Literary output Aside from his collaborations with other authors, Marian Walentynowicz also published his own work: , stories published in the review 1969, war reminiscences
See also Pacanów List of Polish people The Adventures of Tintin
Bibliography
With Kornel Makuszyński: 1933 Koziołka Matołka (120 adventures of Koziołek Matołek) on account of the 120 drawings, each with a caption in a quatrain. 1933 , The Second Book of Koziołek Matołek's Adventures 1934 , The Third Book of Koziołek Matołek's Adventures 1934 , The Fourth Book of Koziołek Matołek's Adventures 1935 , Rows and japes of the little monkey, Fiki-Miki 1936 , More Fiki-Miki Adventures, all readers laugh 1937 , About the Wawel Dragon 1938 , Wanda lies in our earth 1938 , No Use Crying and Screaming, this is the End of Fiki-Miki's Adventures 1960 (Collected edition, Legends of Kraków, about the Wawel Dragon and Wanda) 1964 , complete edition 1969 , Collected edition of Koziołek Matołek's Adventures
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