Antoni Malczewski
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Born | Volhynia or Warsaw | 3 June 1793
Died | 2 May 1826 Warsaw | (aged 32)
Occupation | poet |
Nationality | Polish |
Literary movement | Romanticism, Pessimism |
Antoni Malczewski (3 June 1793 – 2 May 1826) was a Polish
At the times, prominent and scandalizing was his autodestructive romance with a married woman, Zofia Rucińska, who had a mental illness.
Biography
Malczewski was born to a wealthy family in either
After leaving the army, he spent several years traveling through western Europe, staying some time in Paris, climbing Mont Blanc in 1818, and spending a good portion of his inherited fortune.[1][2] He returned to his estate in Volhynia in 1821, where he began an ill-fated affair with a married woman and began writing.[1] He moved to Warsaw in 1824, where he published the poetic novel Maria at his own expense in 1825, and died in poverty the next year in unclear circumstances.[1]
Work
Malczewski's fame rests almost solely upon that of Maria, published near the end of his life and popularized in the decade following his death (an English translation appeared in 1835). Considered a masterpiece of
Genealogy
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See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1-57958-422-5.
- ^ a b c "Malczewski". Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 11 (4th ed.). 1890. pp. 145–146.
External links
- Maria with commentary (in Polish), WolneLektury.pl