Władysław Orkan

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Władysław Orkan

Polish writer

Also known as: Franciszek Smreczyński

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Last Updated: Nov 23, 2024 • Article History

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Pseudonym of:: Franciszek Smreczyński

Born:: November 27, 1875, Poręba Wielka, Austria-Hungary [now in Poland]

Died:: May 14, 1930, Kraków, Poland (aged 54)

Notable Works:: “Drzewiej”; “Komornicy”; “Listy ze wsi”; “Nowele”

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Władysław Orkan (born November 27, 1875, Poręba Wielka, Austria-Hungary [now in Poland]—died May 14, 1930, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish poet and writer who eloquently portrayed the people of the Tatra Mountains. Born into a family of poor highlanders, Orkan received an incomplete education. During World War I he volunteered in the Polish legions. Most of his works are set in the region of his birth and depict the poverty-stricken lives of the highlanders set against a natural landscape of great beauty. In his first volume, Nowele (1898; “Short Stories”), as well as in Komornicy (1900; “Tenant Farmers”), Orkan gives ...(100 of 190 words)

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