Jan Chryzostom Zachariasiewicz (; 1823–1906; ''Zacharyasiewicz'', ''Zacharjasiewicz'') was a Polish

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and

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Biography

Zachariasiewicz was born on 11 September 1823 in

Radymno Radymno ( uk, Ради́мно ''Radymno'', yi, רעדעם ''Redem'') is a town in south-eastern Poland with 5,543 inhabitants (02.06.2009). It has been part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship since its creation in 1999. Radymno was previously in t ...

. During 1842–44 he was a prisoner of

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. Co-editor of ''Tygodnik Polski'', where he published

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''Machabeusze''. For publishing this work and also for participation in

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, Zachariasiewicz was imprisoned in Terezín for two years. He was a nephew or grandnephew of the bishop Franciszek Zachariasiewicz (1770–1845). He died on 7 May 1906 in

Krzywcza Krzywcza (; uk, Кривча, Kryvcha) is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krzywcza. It lies approximately west of Przemyśl ...

Works

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Zachariasiewicz was publishing and editing magazines: * ''Postęp'' (1848), a radical political magazine, with K. Widman * ''Tygodnik Polski'' (1849) * ''Nowiny'' (1854–1856) * ''Kółko Rodzinne'' (1860) His notable

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s include: * ''Skromne nadzieje'' (1854) * ''Na kresach'' (1860) * ''Święty Jur'' (1862), vol. 1–3 * ''Człowiek bez jutra'' (1871) * ''Zły interes'' (1876) * ''Wybór pism'' (1886–1888), a collection of works, vol. 1–11

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* * 1823 births 1906 deaths People from Radymno 19th-century Polish journalists Polish male novelists 19th-century Polish novelists 19th-century Polish male writers {{Poland-writer-stub