Waclaw Sieroszewski
Wacław Kajetan Sieroszewski alias Wacław Sirko (born August 24, 1858 in Wólka Kozłowska near Tłuszcz , † April 20, 1945 in Piaseczno ) was a Polish writer of the Young Poland period, Siberia- exiled, holder of the Virtuti Militari order , senator of the Second Republic of Poland and President of the Polska Akademia Literatury . Sieroszewski wrote numerous novels , short stories and ethnographic works from the Far East .
He spent fifteen years in Siberia. He lived among the Yakuts for twelve years and became very familiar with their language and customs. He also researched the Tungus , Jukagirs and Chukchi . In 1903 he traveled to Sakhalin .
Works (selection)
ethnography
- Dwanaście lat w kraju Jakutów
- Korea. Klucz Dalekiego Wschodu
- Wśród kosmatych ludzi
- Siberian tales. Marchlewski Verlag, 1903
Fiction
- Na kresach lasów (story)
- W matni (narration)
- Z fali na falę (story)
- Powieści chińskie (story)
- Ol-Soni-Kisań (story)
- Z życia Korei (story)
- Beniowski (novel)
- Ocean (novel)
- Jan-Guj-Tzy (novel)
- Ucieczka
- Ocean
- Zamorski diabeł
- Miłość samuraja
Web links
- Sieroszewski, Life and Work (Polish)
Individual evidence
- ^ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, Volume 2, page 613
- ^ MA Czaplicka : Aboriginal Siberia, a study in social anthropology . Oxford 1914, p. 328
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SURNAME | Sieroszewski, Wacław |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sieroszewski, Wacław Kajetan (full name); Sirko, Wacław |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1858 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wólka Kozłowska near Tłuszcz |
DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1945 |
Place of death | Piaseczno |