Jan August Kisielewski (8 February 1876 in

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...

– 29 January 1918 in

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), was a Polish writer, essayist and playwright associated with the

Young Poland Young Poland ( pl, Młoda Polska) was a modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918. It was a result of strong aesthetic opposition to the earlier ideas of Positivism. Young Pol ...

literary movement at the

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. He was the co-founder of a legendary literary cabaret ''

Zielony Balonik Zielony Balonik (literally, ''the Green Balloon'') was a popular literary cabaret founded in Kraków by the local poets, writers and artists during the final years of the Partitions of Poland. The venue was a gourmet restaurant of Apolinary J. Mic ...

'' in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

under the Austrian rule during the final years of the Partitions of Poland. Jan August Kisielewski was a brother of Zygmunt Kisielewski of the

Polish Legions in World War I The Polish Legions ( pl, Legiony Polskie) was a name of the Polish military force (the first active Polish army in generations) established in August 1914 in Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia soon after World War I erupted between the opposing all ...

, also a writer. The Little Green Balloon (Zielony Balonik).
''Akademia Pełni Życia,'' Kraków. Zielony Balonik.
2011 ''Instytut Książki'', Poland.Jan August Kisielewski at ''Magazyn Culture.pl''

Plays by Jan August Kisielewski

* Parias (Pariah), 1896 – lost * Karykatury (Caricatures), 1898 * W sieci (In the Net), 1896 * Ostatnie spotkanie (The Last Meeting), 1896 * Sonata, 1901 * Komedia miłości i cnoty (The Comedy of Love and Chastity), 1903 – unfinished

Notes and references

Polish male writers 1876 births 1918 deaths Burials at Powązki Cemetery {{Poland-writer-stub