He wrote his most important books in the late 1920s and early 1930s becoming the only notable Silesian Polish-language prosaist of the interwar period. His works concentrate mostly on coal mining and Silesian themes.
During the 1920s and 1930s, he penned his most significant works, establishing himself as the preeminent Silesian Polish-language novelist of the post-World War I period. His writing often explores themes related to coal mining and the region of Silesia.