Aleksander Fredro
Aleksander Fredro (born June 20, 1793 in Surochów near Jarosław , † July 15, 1876 in Lemberg ) was a Polish playwright and is considered one of the most important comedy authors in his country.
Life
Aleksander Fredro was born in the family of a Polish nobleman and therefore carried the title Count . In the Napoleonic Wars , Fredro served in the French army. At the same time he was involved in the Polish resistance against Galicia belonging to the Habsburg monarchy .
He wrote humorous comedies in which political punchlines are often hidden, and his characters reveal the many characteristics of the Poles . However, the plays only achieved great popularity after his death; they have so far not been missing from any program in Polish theaters. Experts compare the type of presentation with the well-known French comedy poet Molière . He also wrote numerous poems and fairy tales.
The Zemsta ( Eng .: Revenge ) is considered to be Fredro's best comedy and a masterpiece of Polish literature . For Fredro's 220th birthday, the comedy was performed simultaneously in two Warsaw theaters in the spring of 2013.
Works (selection)
- chronological -
- Damy i huzary (dt .: ladies and hussars )
- Pan Geldhab (1818) (German: Mr. Geldhab )
- Mąż i żona (1822) (German: man and woman )
- Pan Jowialski (1832) (German: Mr. Jowialski )
- Śluby panieńskie, czyli Magnetyzm serca (1833) (German: girls' vows )
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Zemsta (1834) (German: Die Rache ) filmed in
1956 by Bohdan Korzeniewski and in 2002 by Andrzej Wajda - Dożywocie (1835) (German: The life pension )
Obscene works attributed to Alexander Fredro:
- XIII Księga Pana Tadeusza (German: The XIII. Book of Pan Tadeusz ), an erotic-satirical continuation of the work Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz, which is divided into twelve chapters
- Baśń o trzech braciach i królewnie ( Eng .: The Story of Three Brothers and a Princess )
literature
- Fredro Aleksander Gf .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 355 f. (Direct links on p. 355 , p. 356 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Aleksander Fredro in the catalog of the German National Library
- Aleksander Fredro at poezja.org
- Works by and about Aleksander Fredro in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fredro, Aleksander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish nobleman, playwright and comedy writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Surochów near Jarosław |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1876 |
| Place of death | Lviv |