Marcin Baran

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

Pomieszanie Kraków: Oficyna Literacka, 1990

Sosnowiec jest jak kobieta Kraków-Warszawa: bruLion, 1992

Zabiegi miłosne Kraków: Baran i Suszczyński, 1996 (nominated for Nike Award)

Sprzeczne fragmenty Poznań: a5, 1996

Tanero Kraków: Oficyna Literacka, 1998

Prozak liryczny Kraków: WL, 1999

Bóg raczy wiedzieć Kraków: Zebra, 2000

Destylat Kraków: Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa 2001 (selected poems)

Gnijąca wisienka Kraków: a5, 2003