Stefan Żeromski

Żeromski, Stefan, 1864-1925, Polish writer. Family tragedies and emotional troubles contributed to the pessimistic strain evident in his revolutionary idealism. Among his novels are The Homeless People (1900), which won a national prize, Ashes (1904, tr. 1928), which dealt with cynicism and brutality in the Napoleonic era, and Faithful River (1912, tr. 1943). Most of his works are intensely nationalistic. Much of Żeromski's life was spent in exile.

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Stefan Żeromski

Stefan Żeromski (; Strawczyn near Kielce, October 14, 1864 – November 20, 1925, Warsaw) was a Polish novelist and dramatist. He was called the "conscience of Polish literature". He also wrote under the pen names: Maurycy Zych, Józef Katerla and Stefan Iksmoreż.

In 1892–96 he worked as a librarian—during the last two years, as the librarian—at the Polish National Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland.

In recognition of his literary achievements, he was granted the privilege of using an apartment at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in literature.

His novel Dzieje grzechu (A Story of Sin) was filmed by Walerian Borowczyk.

Works

Approach of Spring (Przedwiośnie)
The Labors of Sisyphus (Syzyfowe prace), about 19th- and 20th-century Tsarist efforts to Russify the Russian-occupied part of Poland.
Ashes (Popioły, 1902 – 03)
The Faithful River (Wierna rzeka, 1912)
Ravens and Crows Will Peck Us to Pieces (Rozdziobią nas kruki, wrony)
Homeless People (Ludzie bezdomni, 1899)
A Story of Sin (Dzieje grzechu)
Elegy for a Hetman (Duma o hetmanie)
Sułkowski
The Rose (Róża)
The Charm of Life (Uroda życia)
Struggles with Satan (Walka z szatanem)
Wind from the Sea (Wiatr od morza)
The Little Quail Ran Away From Me (Uciekła mi przepióreczka)

His works were translated in several languages. In Croatian, his works were translated by member of Croatian Academy Stjepan Musulin.

Bibliography

Irena Kwiatkowska-Siemieńska, Stefan Żeromski. La nature dans son expériences et sa pensée (Stefan Żeromski: Nature in His Experiences and Thought), Préface de Jean Fabre, Professeur à la Sorbonne (Preface by Jean Fabre, Professor at the Sorbonne), Paris, Nizet, 1964 (256 pp.).