Lucjan Szenwald (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlut͡sjan ˈʂɛnvalt]; 13 March 1909 – 22 August 1944) was a Polish poet and communist activist. He first made his appearance as a member of the Skamander group with the poem "Przybierający księżyc" (A Primping Moon). However he was generally associated with a different literary group - the "Kwadryga" - which differentiated itself from the Skamanders by emphasizing the role of social problems in aesthetics. He was an editor of the weekly "Na przełaj" (Through the fields) which was a subsidiary of the main organ of the Communist Party of Poland newspaper Le