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3 unusual facts about Józef Ignacy Kraszewski


Anna Constantia von Brockdorff

On incidents and circumstances of her life, the Polish writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski based his historical novel Countess of Cosel ("Hrabina Cosel" 1873) which later was adapted into Polish feature movie, Hrabina Cosel.

Christina Rokiczana

Christina plays a major role in the novel King of the peasants (1884), by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.

Manru

Manru is an opera (lyrical drama) in three acts, music by Ignacy Jan Paderewski composed to the libretto by Alfred Nossig (English translation by H. E. Krehbiel), based on the novel A Hut Behind the Village (1843) by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.


Kajetan Kraszewski

Kajetan Kraszewski (1827–1896) was the younger brother of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.

Michał Elwiro Andriolli

His work for various Warsaw-based newspapers made him one of the most renown illustration makers of the time and Andriolli was hired to illustrate some of the classic works of the Polish literature, notably the works by Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki and Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.

Tygodnik Ilustrowany

Among its contributors most prominent were Polish literary figures such as Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus and Nobel Prize winner Henry Sienkiewicz.


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