Felicjan Faleński
Felicjan Medard Faleński (born June 5, 1825 in Warsaw , † October 11, 1910 there ) was a Polish writer.
The son of a judge at the Supreme Court studied in Warsaw under the direction of Karol Baliński . He was friends with Cyprian , Ludwik Norwid and Włodzimierz Wolski , took part in secret student meetings, attended law courses from 1843 to 1844 and was a member of a secret judges' association. After the discovery of the union, he fled to East Prussia, but was soon able to return to Warsaw, where he became a librarian with the Zamoyskis . In 1846 he went on a hike through Galicia, where he also met Józef Korzeniowski . Between 1853 and 1855 he lived in Radom and Sandomierz. After his return to Warsaw, Faleński began his writing career. In 1856 he published his first volume of poetry, Kwiaty i kolce .
During the January uprising of 1863–1864 he supported the radical party of the "Reds" ( Czerwoni ). His only trip abroad took him to Prague, Vienna and Dresden in 1869. The following year his second volume of poetry, Sponad mogił, was published . This was followed by Odgłosy z gór (1871) and Pieśni spóźnione (1891), another volume of poetry Melodie z domu niewoli remained unpublished. He also translated novels by Victor Hugo and made the work of Edgar Allan Poe known in Poland as a literary critic .
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| SURNAME | Faleński, Felicjan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Faleński, Felicjan Medard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1910 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |