Władysław Orkan
Władysław Orkan | |
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Born | Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz 27 November 1875 Poręba Wielka, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 14 May 1930 Kraków, Poland | (aged 54)
Resting place | Zakopane |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Polish |
Nationality | Polish |
Period | Young Poland |
Władysław Orkan (27 November 1875 – 14 May 1930) (born Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz, later changed to Smreczyński, also known under his pen name, Orkan) was a Polish Goral writer and poet from the Young Poland period. He is known as one of the greatest Goral writers. The most famous of his works portray the common people from the region and Goral history.[1]
Biography
Born in
In early 1900s he started construction of a new house; the same building later became the Biographical Museum of Władysław Orkan (Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana or Orkanówka for short). At that time he also married Maria Zwierzyńska and they had one child, Zofia. Maria died three years after giving birth, and Władysław Orkan, always troubled with finances, asked his sister to raise his daughter. He later married Bronisława Folejewska. During those years he also travelled to Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.
During the
Works
One of the most common image in his works was the poor Goral village. However his works contain other images as well, for example descriptions of mountain countryside and nature, and humorous elements. His early works were inspired by Stanisław Witkiewicz.
Poetry
- Nad grobem Matki. Dumania. Kraków 1896
- Z tej smutnej ziemi. Lwów 1903
- Z martwej roztoki. Kraków 1912
- Pieśni czasu. Piotrków 1915
Dramas
- Skapany świat. Dramat w czterech aktach z epilogiem. Lwów 1903
- Ofiara. Fragment w trzech aktach z r.1846. Kraków 1905
- Wina i kara. Tragedia. Kraków 1905
- Franek Rakoczy. Epilog w trzech aktach. Lwów 1908
Short stories
- Nowele. Warszawa 1898
- Nad urwiskiem. Szkice i obrazki. Lwów 1900
- Herkules nowożytny i inne wesołe rzeczy. Kraków 1905
- Miłość pasterska. Nowele. Lwów 1908
- Wesele Prometeusza. Warszawa 1921
Novels
- Komornicy. Lwów 1900
- W roztokach (tom I i II). Lwów 1903
- Pomór. Kraków 1910
- Drzewiej. Kraków 1912
- Kostka Napierski. Warszawa 1925
Non-fiction
- Drogą Czwartaków. Od Ostrowca na Litwę. Kraków 1916
- Listy ze wsi (tom I i II). Warszawa 1925-1927
- Warta. Studia, listy, szkice. Lwów 1926
- Wskazania. Warszawa 1930
Unfinished
- Czantoria (i inne pisma społeczne). Warszawa 1936
Further reading
- Stanisław Pigoń, Władysław Orkan. Twórca i dzieło, Kraków 1958
- Józef Dużyk, Władysław Orkan, Kraków 1975
- Julian Krzyżanowski, Pieśniarz krainy kęp i wiecznej nędzy. Rzecz o Władysławie Orkanie, Zakopane 1927
- Bolesław Faron, Władysław Orkan, Kraków 2004, in Literatura okresu Młodej Polski. ‘Obraz Literatury Polskiej XIX i XX wieku’. S. V. vol. 3. Cracow: Wydawnictwo Literackie. pp. 83-13
- Włodarczyk, J. 2003. Orkan Władysław. In: Słownik Pisarzy Polskich. Ed. A. Latusek. Cracow: Wydawnictwo Zielona Sowa. p. 372.
- Puchalska, M. 1985. Orkan Władysław. In: Literatura polska. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny. Eds. J. Krzyżanowski and Cz. Hernas. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. vol. 2. pp. 110–111.
- Wiktor Weintraub, Review of Pigon's book, American Slavic and East European Review, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Dec., 1958), pp. 576–578, JSTOR
References
- ^ "Władysław Orkan". Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Początki ZP – Związek Podhalan" (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-10-09.
External links
- Works by Władysław Orkan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)