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Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (28 July 1812 – 19 March 1887) was a Polish writer, publisher, historian, journalist, scholar, painter, and author who produced more than 200 novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews, which makes him the most prolific writer in the history of Polish literature. He is best known for his epic series on the history of Poland, comprising twenty-nine novels in seventy-nine parts. Biography He was the oldest son born to a family of the Polish nobility (Szlachta). He studied medicine, then philosophy, at the University of Vilnius, and was a supporter of the November Uprising in 1830. As a result, he was arrested and imprisoned until 1832. After his release, he had to live under police supervision in Vilnius, but was allowed to go to his father's estate near Pruzhany the following year. In 1838 he married Zofia Woroniczówna, niece of , the former Bishop of Warsaw, and went with her to Volhynia, where he engaged in farming his family's estates. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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January Uprising
The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at the restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last insurgents were captured by the Russian forces in 1864. It was the longest-lasting insurgency in partitioned Poland. The conflict engaged all levels of society and arguably had profound repercussions on contemporary international relations and ultimately provoked a social and ideological paradigm shift in national events that went on to have a decisive influence on the subsequent development of Polish society. A confluence of factors rendered the uprising inevitable in early 1863. The Polish nobility and urban bourgeois circles longed for the semi-autonomous status they had enjoyed in Congress Poland before the previous insur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadwiga Barańska
Jadwiga Barańska (born 21 October 1935) is a Polish actress and screenwriter. Jadwiga Barańska is married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak and the mother of Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964. Selected filmography * ''Wraki'' (1956) as Irena * ''Powrót doktora Von Kniprode'' (1965) * ''Hrabina Cosel'' (1968) as Anna Constantia Hoym countess Cosel, Anna Constantia of Brockdorff * ''Epilog Norymberski'' (1970) as an Auschwitz victim * ''Kłopotliwy gość'' (1971) as a secretary * ''Noce i dnie'', Nights and Days (1975) as Barbara Niechcic * ''Trędowata'' (1976) as countess Idalia Elzonowska * ''Gniazdo wdów'' (''Nido de viudas'', 1977) as Carmen * ''Noce i dnie'', in English Nights and Days, (TV serial) (1977) as Barbara Niechcic * ''Dama kameliowa'' (1995) as a screenwriter * ''Chopin, Pragnienie miłości'', in English Chopin: Desire for Love (2002) as Justyna Chopin, Frédéric Chopin's mother Awards She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in ''Nights and Days' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
