Mieczysław Limanowski - poeta geologii

The Pole, Mieczysław Limanowski (18761947), now becoming a figure less and less remembered, has been a brilliant selftaught man of science and art, with erudite and wide-ranging mind which made him a scholar of great reputation. He became world famous as one of pioneers in the nappe tectonics of the Alpine ranges (Tatra Mts and Carpathians, Dinarides, Appenines, and mountain ranges of Sicily and Crimea). He had also successes in studies on the Quaternary and, as a nature scientist and humanist, original achievements also in studies on geography of the Man. At the same time, together with Juliusz Osterwa he established the Reduta theatre group considered to be Poland’s first theatre laboratory and one of the major artistic and ethical events in the Polish theatre of the XX century. He became an ideologist, literary manager, dramatic adviser, author of numerous reviews of plays and essays on art and literature. A colourful literary style, also clearly visible in his geological writings, earned him the opinion of a poet of geology.