Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki
Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki (pronunciation: [ vujˈt͡ɕit͡skʲi ]) (born March 3, 1807 in Warsaw ; † August 2, 1879 ibid) was a Polish writer .
Wóycicki studied in Warsaw and then made a name for himself through collections of proverbs (Warsaw 1830, 3 volumes), folk songs ( Pieśni ludu, Warsaw 1836, 2 volumes) and folk tales (1837, 2 volumes) of the Poles , Little Russians and Belarusians . In addition, he published so-called Gawenden, undemanding descriptions of the social conditions of the past ( Kurpie, 1834; Stare gawędy, 1840, etc.), which found numerous imitators, wrote antiquarian and historical works, including a great Polish literary history ( Historya literatury polskiéj w zarysach, Warsaw 1845–46, 4 volumes), which is more of a historical chrestomathy , and founded the monthly Biblioteka warszawska in 1850 with Cieszkowski , which he directed until his death.
Published in German
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Polish folk tales and fairy tales , translated by Friedrich Heinrich Lewestam .
- Berlin: Schlesinger, 1839.
- Revised by Karl Rotter , Breslau: Priebatsch, 1920.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki in the German Digital Library
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| SURNAME | Wóycicki, Kazimierz Władysław |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wojcicki, Kazimierz Wladyslaw; Wojcicki, Kasimir Wladislaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1807 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1879 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |