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Wacław Sieroszewski

Wacław Sieroszewski was a Polish and Russian writer, politician, traveler, independence activist, ethnologist and ethnographer (1858–1945). He was born at Wólka Kozłowska and died at Piaseczno.

Wacław Sieroszewski in brief

Born
1858
Died
1945
Known for
writer, politician, traveler, independence activist, ethnologist, ethnographer and legionary
Place of birth
Wólka Kozłowska
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Career and activity

Wacław Sieroszewski worked in creative and professional writing, travel, ethnography and political activity.

Recorded positions include Member of the Senate of the Republic of Poland and member of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic. He belonged to Związek Sybiraków and Związek Zawodowy Literatów Polskich.

Recognition and collections

Wacław Sieroszewski received Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Independence and Commander of the Legion of Honour.

Catalogued works

38 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library.

Bolszewicy. Na Daleki Wschód. Zamorski diabeł. A la lisière des forets (extraits). Bajki. Jan-Guj-Tzy. Nowele. Ol-Soni Kisań. Dwanascie lat w kraju Jakutów. Powrót. Wacław Sieroszewski. Zacisze. Wrażenia z Ameryki. Ocean. Beniowski. Marszałek Józef Piłsudski, życiorys. Łańcuchy. Szkice podróznicze, wspomnienia. Reportaże i wspomnienia, publicystyka, wiersze. Pamietniki, wspomnienia. Na kresach lasów. Brzask. 12 [i.e. dwanaście] lat w kraju Jakutoẃ. Risztau. Ucieczka. W matni. Pan Twardost Twardowski. Korea, Land und Volk nach eigener Anschauung gemeinverständlich geschildert. Korei︠a︡. Wśród kosmatych ludzi. 코레야1903년가을. Razskazy. Marshaleḳ Yozef Pilsudsḳi. Dzieła zbiorowe. Dalai-lama. I︠A︡kuty. Predel skorbi. Z fali na falę.

Literature

10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Wacław Sieroszewski — badacz społeczności jakuckiej, Wrocławskie Studia Wschodnie, 2024. Wacław Sieroszewski – badania zesłańca syberyjskiego nad muzyką Jakutów w XIX wieku, Muzyka, 2016. Syberia i Daleki Wschód w oczach polskiego pisarza. Wacław Sieroszewski (1858–1945), Przegląd Nauk Historycznych, 2012. Wacław Sieroszewski and Problems of European Identity, Respectus Philologicus, 2006. Found Artefacts: Allegories of Salvage in the Siberian Fiction of Wacław Sieroszewski, Slavonic and East European Review, 2006. Kyunney Takasaeva (Künnej Takaahaj), Jakuckie prace Wacława Sieroszewskiego i zmiany kulturowe narodu Sacha, Etnografia Polska, 2020. Polacy w Kraju Cichego Poranka, Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 2020. Grażyna Legutko, „Wyrosłam na Rosjankę...”: historia Marii – jakuckiej córki Wacława Sieroszewskiego – w świetle jej listów do ojca i innych dokumentów, Etnografia Polska, 2020. Sieroszewski, Poland, Sakha: Questions of Identity (Book Review: Kyunney Takasaeva (Künnej Takaahaj) (2020), “Jakuckie prace Wacława Sieroszewskiego i zmiany kulturowe narodu Sacha”, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo DiG), Colloquia Humanistica, 2023. Memories, journeys, adventure novel, history, Slovenska Literatura, 1998.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Exile to Siberia (1930) — Internet Archive. Bajka O Żelaznym Wilku Całość — Internet Archive. 12 [i.e. dwanaście] lat w kraju Jakutoẃ: wrażenia i notatki (1900) — Internet Archive. More Tales by Polish Authors (1916) — Internet Archive. Wacław Sieroszewski Dary Wiatru Północnego — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Polish and Russian.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, travel and ethnography.

Positions recorded include Member of the Senate of the Republic of Poland and member of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic. Membership is recorded of Związek Sybiraków and Związek Zawodowy Literatów Polskich.

Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Chronology

  1. 1858Wacław Sieroszewski born at Wólka Kozłowska.
  2. 190012 [i.e. dwanaście] lat w kraju Jakutoẃ: wrażenia i notatki digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1916More Tales by Polish Authors digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1930Exile to Siberia digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1945Wacław Sieroszewski died at Piaseczno.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Wacław Sieroszewski”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2038910: Wacław Sieroszewski

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