Kajetan Abgarowicz (

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s: Kajetan Abgar-Soltan, and Soltan Abgar; hy, Կաետան Աբգարովիչ) (7 August 1856 in Czerniów,

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– 27 July 1909 in Truskawiec, Ukraine) was a Polish journalist, novelist and short story writer of

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descent.

Life

Born into a family of landowners, his parents were Franciszek and Salomea née Przysiecka. Abgarowicz attended schools in Stanisławów and Lwów (Lviv), Ukraine. He made his debut in the press as a novelist in 1889. He was co-founder in 1901 of the Lviv newspaper '' Przedświt'', and also ran the literary section. He collaborated with other magazines of Lviv, Krakow and

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, such as '' Słowo Polskie'', ''

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'' (1894), '' Czas'', '' Nowa Reforma'' and ''

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''. A popular

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, Abgarowicz wrote in the mainstream

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s of Polish

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, and

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. Many of his short stories and novels were published, most of which centred on the nobility, especially from the

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region, featuring young

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s leading an active social life. Abgarowicz was also interested in the life of

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and contributed to the popularity of

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culture in Poland. While his novels, such as ''Klub nietoperzy'' (two volumes, the first of which was published in 1892), ''Polubowna ugoda'' (1894), and ''Z wiejskiego dworu'' (1895), were characterized as being weak, his collections of short stories and sketches, such as ''Z carskiej imperii'' (1892), ''Rusini'' (1893) and ''Widziane i odczute'' (1904), did not receive the same criticism.

Partial works

* ''Klub nietoperzy'' (1892) * ''Józef Jerzy Hordyński-Fed'kowicz'' (1892) * ''Z carskiej imperii'' (1892) * ''Rusini'' (1893) * ''Nie ma metryki'' (1894) * ''Zawiedziona nadzieja'' (1894) * ''Polubowna ugoda'' (1894) * ''Z wiejskiego dworu'' (1895) * ''Dobra nauczka'' (1896) * ''Ilko Szwabiuk'' (1896) * ''Panna Siekierczanka'' (1897) * ''Nea'' * ''Rywale'' (1904) * ''Widziane i odczute'' (1904) * ''Polubowna ugoda'' (1909) * ''Pornografja: głosy polskie w najważniejszej'' (1909) * ''Pierścień Królowej Rumuńskiej'' (n.d.)

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Wikisource material in Polish from Kajetan Abgarowicz
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Life

Partial works

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