Aleksander Fredro
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Count Aleksander Fredro | |
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Language | Polish |
Nationality | Polish |
Notable works | Zemsta (The Revenge) |
Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a
Biography
Count Aleksander Fredro, of the
Fredro made his literary debut in 1817, but he was not interested in the problems of
Two of Fredro's fables, The Monkey in the Bath (Małpa w kąpieli) and Paul and Gawel (Paweł i Gaweł), belong to the most popular children's stories in the country.[1] His best-known comedy, Zemsta (The Revenge), was adapted for the screen in Poland by eminent film director Andrzej Wajda in 2002.
Fredro was the maternal grandfather of the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. He was commemorated on a Polish postage stamp issued in 1978.
He died on 15 July 1876 in Lviv and was buried in a family grave in Catholic Church of the Assumption of Rudky.
Comedies
- Mr. Geldhab (Pan Geldhab, written in 1818 and first performed in 1821)
- Man and Wife (Mąż i żona, performed 1812 or 1822)
- Ladies and Husars (Damy i Huzary, written in 1825)
- Mr. Jovial (Pan Jowialski, written and performed in 1832)
- Maidens' Vows, or the Magnetism of the Heart (Śluby panieńskie, czyli magnetyzm serca, performed 1833)
- The Revenge (Zemsta, written in 1833, first performed in 1834)
- The Annuity (Dożywocie, written and performed in 1835)
References
- ^ a b Halina Floryńska-Lalewicz (May 2004). "Aleksander Fredro - życie i twórczość (Life and Work)" (in Polish). Olsztyńskie Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Kulturalnych - Kulturalna Polska. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- European Authors 1000-1900. Bronx: The H. W. Wilson Company. 2000. ISBN 0-8242-0013-6.
- McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1984. ISBN 0-07-079169-4.
External links
- Aleksander Fredro at Culture.pl
- Aleksander Fredro collected works (Polish)