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Boleslaw Prus

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Boleslaw Prus (real name Aleksander Glowacki), 1847-1912, writer and journalist; played critical role in modernizing the Polish novel; co-creator of Polish Realism; humoresques, novellas, short stories: Klopoty babuni (Grandmother's Troubles, 1874), Powracajaca fala (The Returning Wave, 1880), Antek (1881), Kamizelka (The Vest, 1882), novelistic sketches incl. Anielka (1880), the touching tale of a child and poor people wronged by fate or social conditions; novels with a permanent place in Polish literature: Placowka (The Outpost, 1886), the first naturalistic novel, a depiction of agrarian colonization; Lalka (The Doll, 1890), epic panorama of Warsaw life 1878-79; socially engaged Emancypantki (The Emancipationists, 1894); historical-political portrayal of ancient Egypt in Faraon (Pharoah, 1897); wealth of journalism in the Warsaw press: Kroniki (Weekly Chronicles, 1953-70).
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His wife Oktawia Trembinska was a maternal cousin of Prus. Her mother Katarzyna was one of the relatives who held custody over an underage Prus.
Boleslaw Prus suffered from agoraphobia throughout his life. He went on a tour of Europe in 1895, and had to spend two months recuperating from the shock of being surrounded by large crowds.
While Boleslaw Prus attended gymnasium (secondary school), one of his teachers was Jozef Sklodowski. Josef was the grandfather of Maria Sklodowska Curie, a famous scientist.
Boleslaw Prus was orphaned early. His mother died when he was 3-years-old, his father died when he was 9-years-old. Until reaching adulthood, Prus was placed in the custody of a series of relatives.
When 16-years-old, Boleslaw Prus took part in the January Uprising against the Russian Empire (1863-1864). He was wounded and captured in a battle against the Russians, suffering gunpowder injuries to his eyes. He was held in custody for several months, and placed on trial by a military court. The Russian authorities decided to release him with minimal punishment, because he was still underage.

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