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Jan Knothe (February 18, 1912 in Winnica – December 19, 1977 in Warsaw) was a Polish architect, artist, graphic designer, writer, poet and diplomat (Belgium, Syria).

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Biography Jan Knothe was an alumnus of the Władysław IV Gymnasium in Warsaw. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Technology in Warsaw. During World War II, as a prisoner of Oflag II-C prisoner-of-war camp, Knothe participated in the prisoners' cultural life. Wrote a sequence of Ramayana-based poems about Warsaw (lost during the camp's evacuation). Having mastered the Mahabharata poetry form, Knothe wrote a narrative poem about The Brave Sailor John Scolvus (Opowieść o dzielnym żeglarzu Janie z Kolna), as well as, with Stanisław Michalski, worked on woodcuts, bookplates and camp stamps. As an architect, Jan Knothe worked with a team of architects during the decade after World War II, carrying out the most important architectural investments for Warsaw: East-West Thoroughfare (W-Z) (1946–49) with Henryk Stamatello, Józef Sigalin, Stanisław Jankowski, Zygmunt Stępiński Marszałkowska Dzielnica Mieszkaniowa (MDM) (1949–52) with Stanisław Jankowski, Józef Sigalin, Zygmunt Stępiński Ministry of Agriculture Edifice (1951–55) with Jan Grabowski, Stanisław Jankowski Knothe was the laureate of many construction competitions during the years following World War II: co-author of the Mausoleum-Monument of Victory, Piłsudski Square, Ministry of Industry, SPOŁEM and PZM Headquarters, Warsaw-Okęcie Airport (1947 building), reconstruction of St. Alexander's Church, Powszechny Dom Handlowy and…Citește mai mult