Alfons MieczysÅ‚aw Chrostowski (c. 1860â€"after 1920),[1] also
Mieczysław Alfons Chrostowski, was a Polish author, playwright, and
editor of Polish language newspapers in the United States.[2] He is
known for Nihiliści, a Polish language play.[3] Karen Majewski wrote,
in Traitors and True Poles, that Chrostowski is an exemplar of an
alternative Polish collective identity based on social class in
preference to ethnic group or nationality.[1]Chrostowski was born in
Russian Poland of a noble Polish Family.[4](p46)He was a
self-proclaimed active member of the Russian Nihilist movement.[5] He
was educated in Moscow, where he was involved in revolutionary circles
and joined the Black Hand Society.[1][4](p46) He was wounded in an
attack on a government newspaper office which resulted in his
expulsion under a police guard.[1][4](p46) He was sent back home by
the government. He escaped or emigrated to the United States before
1887.[1][4](p46)He was a member of Ognisko, a New York group of
immigrant radical leftist journalists and social activists.[1][a]
Mieczysław Alfons Chrostowski, was a Polish author, playwright, and
editor of Polish language newspapers in the United States.[2] He is
known for Nihiliści, a Polish language play.[3] Karen Majewski wrote,
in Traitors and True Poles, that Chrostowski is an exemplar of an
alternative Polish collective identity based on social class in
preference to ethnic group or nationality.[1]Chrostowski was born in
Russian Poland of a noble Polish Family.[4](p46)He was a
self-proclaimed active member of the Russian Nihilist movement.[5] He
was educated in Moscow, where he was involved in revolutionary circles
and joined the Black Hand Society.[1][4](p46) He was wounded in an
attack on a government newspaper office which resulted in his
expulsion under a police guard.[1][4](p46) He was sent back home by
the government. He escaped or emigrated to the United States before
1887.[1][4](p46)He was a member of Ognisko, a New York group of
immigrant radical leftist journalists and social activists.[1][a]
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