Stanisław Jachowicz
Illustration — Stanisław Jachowicz Stanisław Jachowicz (17 April 1796 in Dzików near Tarnobrzeg - 24 December 1857 in Warsaw) was a Polish educator, poet and children's book author. He is regarded as the founding father of children's literature in Poland. Jachowicz was born to a not wealthy noble family in Dzików near Tarnobrzeg.
Also recorded as Stanislaw Jachowicz
Stanisław Jachowicz
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- Born
- 1796. · Dzików.
- Died
- 1857. · Warsaw.
- Nationality
- Poland and Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- poet, children's writer, pedagogue and philanthropist.
- Fields
- fairy tale.
- Education
- Faculty of Philosophy in the Lviv University.
- Languages
- Polish.
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He left home when he was 8 years old and entered various schools. He eventually studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Lwów. Jachowicz devoted most of his life to children. He wrote numerous fairy tales, founded the first daily newspaper for children in Europe and wrote the first song book for children in Poland. He also financially supported orphans from the November Uprising and poor children of Warsaw.
• Bajki i powieści (1824) • Bajki i powiastki (vol. 1-4) (1842-1847) • Sto nowych powiastek (1853) • Źródło wiadomości dla dziatek polskich (1849) • Pisma różne wierszem (1853) • Śpiewy dla dzieci (1854) • Rady wuja dla siostrzenic (1855) • Rozrywki dla młodzieży rzemieślniczej (vol. 1-2) (1856–1857) • Dzieciom na pamiątkę. Wiązanka z dziejów Polski (1900)
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Stanisław Jachowicz is recorded with the occupation children's writer. Classed in the genre fairy tale. Recorded as poet, children's writer, pedagogue and philanthropist. The authorities additionally record the heading Stanislaw Jachowicz.
Stanisław Jachowicz
http: Tygodnik Illustrowany. 1896 nr 15 s. 287
grafika z książki PL - Album biograficzne zasłużonych Polaków wieku XIX t.2 publikacja Marii Chełmońskiej Warszawa 1903
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1796
Stanisław Jachowicz was born on 17 April 1796.
1857
Stanisław Jachowicz died on 24 December 1857.
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- Izabela Kaniowska-Lewańska: Stanisław Jachowicz: życie, twórczość i działanie, Warszawa 1986, "Nasza Księgarnia",
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