The artistic creativity of Bolesław Leśmian – remarkably colourful, musical, and philosophically
versatile – has endeared him to readers worldwide over the course of a century. In spite of many
socio-political barriers, Leśmian’s poetry become a point of reference, as was the case in Italy
in the 1970s. At this time a fi rst encounter with the works of the Polish artist became a crucial moment for a young poet – Milo De Angelis. After a stay in Warsaw, De Angelis founded a literary
magazine called “Niebo”, number 11 of which was entirely dedicated to Leśmian, whose visions
profoundly infl uenced the poetics of the Italian author, even in later years.
