Henryk Rzewuski

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Henryk Rzewuski

Henryk Rzewuski (born May 3, 1791 in Slavuta , † February 28, 1866 in Cudnów ) was a Polish count and writer.

Count Rzewuski attended a Carmelite boarding school in Berdyczów and educational institutions in Petersburg and Kraków. After the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw , he entered the army and reached the rank of lieutenant in the Austro-French War of 1809. He traveled to Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England and Turkey and visited during his stay in Paris 1819-22 a. a. Lectures by Victor Cousin . In 1825 he accompanied Adam Mickiewicz on his trip to Crimea.

From 1840 he worked for the Tygodnik Petersburski and was the head of the "Petersburger Koterie", a conservative group around the Tygodnik, which emphasized its commitment to Catholicism and its loyalty to Russia. After his debut work Pamiątki Soplicy , which appeared in Paris from 1839–1841 and was translated into French, Russian, Serbo-Croatian and German ( Memories of Mr. Soplica , 1876) and with which he secured a permanent place in Polish literary history, the Mieszaniny called obyczajowe Jarosza Bejłę (1841–43) as a “program of betrayal” (against Poland) was the most violent criticism. When he became Secretary of Governor Iwan Paskiewicz in 1850 , the rejection turned into open hatred - Rzewuski was insulted as a reactionary Jacobin, traitor and collaborator, Zygmunt Krasiński wrote that he had a "soul made of mud".

His three-volume novel Listopad , a picture of Polish society that was translated into Czech, German, Russian and English, was published between 1845 and 1846. Later works such as Zamek krakowski (1847–48), Teofrast polski (1851) and Zaporożec (1854) were also successful .

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SURNAME Rzewuski, Henryk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Slavuta
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1866
Place of death Cudnów