Background
Przeczek was born to a coal miner"s family.
journalist linguist translator writer
Przeczek was born to a coal miner"s family.
He studied at a teachers" seminary in Orlová and then at a college in Prague.
He is considered one of the most important Polish writers of his generation from Zaolzie. He worked as a teacher in Polish schools in Zaolzie, e.g. in Jablunkov. Przeczek was later briefly a journalist for the Głos Ludu newspaper.
Przeczek also translated Czechoslovakian, Slovak and Sorbian poetry to Polish and Polish poetry into Czechoslovakian.
During the Prague Spring of 1968, Przeczek supported the reformist wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. His books were therefore published mainly in Poland.
He was also an activist within the PZKO (Polish Cultural and Educational Union) and member of many Polish literary organizations.