Stanisław Przybyszewski

(deceased)

Stanisław Przybyszewski was a well-known Polish essayist, dramatist and poet nicknamed ‘Stachu’ by his friends. As well as writing texts permeated by a passionate mysticism, he was also a talented and original pianist, an enthusiastic bohemian and a self-proclaimed Satanist. As a committed ambassador for art and culture, he promoted other artists, including Edvard Munch and Gustav Vigeland. Przybyszewski was also a notorious womanizer and a proponent of free love.

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The Synagogue of Satan
Alkahest Press, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Synagogue of Satan
The Synagogue of Satan
Alkahest Press, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Synagogue of Satan

First published in 1897, “The Synagogue of Satan” is a Satanic Symbolist literary masterpiece by legendary Polish-German author Stanisław Przybyszewski. In celebration of the 150th birthday of Przybyszewski Alkahest Press presents this first critical English translation from the original German with diabolical illustrations by Decadent painter Félicien Rops.

Alkahest Press, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Synagogue of Satan

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