Lucjan Rydel (playwright)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lucjan Rydel portrayed by Stanisław Wyspiański

Lucjan Antoni Feliks Rydel (born May 17, 1870 in Kraków , † April 8, 1918 in Bronowice Małe ) was a Polish poet and playwright of the Young Poland period.

He was the son of the ophthalmologist and rector of the Jagiellonian University , Lucjan Rydel (1833–1895), and his wife Helena geb. Kremer and grandson of the philosopher Józef Kremer . He studied law in Cracow and art in Berlin and received a scholarship from the Polska Akademia Umiejętności in Paris . His marriage to the painter's sister-in-law Włodzimierz Tetmajer became famous when she became the subject of a picture by Tetmajer and the drama Wesele by Stanisław Wyspiański .

Works (selection)

  • Zaczarowane koło (1900)
  • Betlejem polskie (1904)
  • Ferenike i Pejsidoros (1909)
  • Zygmunt August trilogy: Królewski jedynak , Złote więzy , Ostatni (1912)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Rydel, Lucjan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rydel, Lucjan Antoni Feliks (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish poet and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Krakow
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1918
Place of death Bronowice Małe