A 1929 portrait of Julian Tuwim by Polish artist Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy).

Julian Tuwim was a Polish poet of Jewish descent, born in Lodz, Poland, in 1894. His most famous work is probably the children’s poem, Locomotive (Lokomotywa). Tuwim died in 1953 at the age of 59 in Zakopane.

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