Téodor de Wyzewa
Téodor de Wyzewa, born as Teodor Wyżewski (12 September 1862 – 15 April 1917), was a writer, critic, and translator of Polish descent, born in Kałusik in the Russian sector of Poland near Kamieniec Podolski (Кам'янець-Подільський, Ukraine), who emigrated to France in 1869. He was a leading exponent of Polish origin of the Symbolist movement in France. In 1901, he founded the Société Mozart with Adolphe Boschot and Georges de Saint-Foix.
Also recorded as Theodore de Wyzewa · Teodor de Wyzewa · Théodore de Wyzewa · Teodor Wyżewski
Téodor de Wyzewa

This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID bpt6k202210w · Public domain
- Full name
- Teodor Stefan Wyżewski.
- Born
- 1862. · Podolia.
- Died
- 1917. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France, Poland and Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- translator, art critic, music critic, literary critic and writer.
- Honours
- Marcelin Guérin Prize, Prix Calmann-Lévy, Alfred Née Award and Prix Jules-Janin.
- Languages
- French.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Téodor de Wyzewa. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q2741209 · wikipedia · Téodor de Wyzewa
In this article
Biography
Biography
Recorded at birth as Teodor Stefan Wyżewski. Born at Podolia in 1862, died in Paris in 1917.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Distinctions recorded are Marcelin Guérin Prize, Prix Calmann-Lévy, Alfred Née Award and Prix Jules-Janin.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Podolia.
Birth place
Paris.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Téodor de Wyzewa”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2741209: Téodor de Wyzewa
General reference · Wikidata
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Téodor de Wyzewa, revision 1289785840 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Mercure de France, du 16 avril 1917: Mort de Teodor de Wyżewa.
- 2.Archives de Paris , acte de décès , année 1917 (vue 28/31).
- 3.Prix de l'Académie française. Académie française.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Henry Bordeaux, Téodor de Wyzewa, Genève, C. Eggimann et Cie, 1894
- Téodor de Wyzewa. Droz ; Minard. 1961.
- Paul Delsemme, Teodor de Wyzewa et le cosmopolitisme littéraire en France à l'époque du symbolisme, Bruxelles, Presses universitaires de Bruxelles, 2 vol., 1967
- Nicola Di Girolamo, Teodor de Wyzewa dal simbolismo al tradizionalismo, 1885-1887, Bologne, R. Pàtron, 1969
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Died at
1- ParisPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Tennessee WilliamsAuthor
- Tenpai WangchukAuthor
- Tenzin TsundueAuthor
- Teodor BujnickiAuthor
- Teodor Jeske-ChoińskiAuthor
- Teodor KekoAuthor
- Teodor LaçoAuthor
- Teodor V. ȘtefanelliAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Téodor de Wyzewa?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.