Jan Kasprowicz (12 December 1860 â€" 1 August 1926) was a poet,
playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of Young
Poland.Kasprowicz was born in the village of Szymborze (now part of
Inowrocław) within the Province of Posen, to an illiterate peasant
family. From 1870 he studied in Prussian gymnasia in Inowrazlaw
(Inowrocław), Posen (Poznań), Oppeln (Opole), Ratibor (Racibórz),
and in 1884 graduated from Saint Mary Magdalene Gymnasium in Poznań.
He studied philosophy and literature in German universities in Leipzig
and Breslau. During his studies he began having articles and poetry
published, working with various Polish magazines. For his activities
in socialist circles he was twice arrested by Prussian police and
spent half a year in prison.After his release from prison, at the age
of 28 Kasprowicz moved to Lwów, where he spent the next 35 years of
his life. He worked as a journalist and critic of literature and
theatre, working for two years in the editorial department of the
newspaper, the Polish Courier (Kurier Polski) and for the following
four years (1902â€"1906) editorializing for the newspaper, the Polish
Word (SÅ‚owo Polskie). At the same time, with unusual productivity,
Kasprowicz wrote and had published his own works and poetry, to
critical acclaim.In 1904 he received a doctorate from Lwów University
for his treatise, the Lyrics of Teofil Lenartowicz (Liryka Teofila
Lenartowicza). In 1909 at Lwów University he became the head of the
Department of Comparative Literature, a department founded for him to
run.
playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of Young
Poland.Kasprowicz was born in the village of Szymborze (now part of
Inowrocław) within the Province of Posen, to an illiterate peasant
family. From 1870 he studied in Prussian gymnasia in Inowrazlaw
(Inowrocław), Posen (Poznań), Oppeln (Opole), Ratibor (Racibórz),
and in 1884 graduated from Saint Mary Magdalene Gymnasium in Poznań.
He studied philosophy and literature in German universities in Leipzig
and Breslau. During his studies he began having articles and poetry
published, working with various Polish magazines. For his activities
in socialist circles he was twice arrested by Prussian police and
spent half a year in prison.After his release from prison, at the age
of 28 Kasprowicz moved to Lwów, where he spent the next 35 years of
his life. He worked as a journalist and critic of literature and
theatre, working for two years in the editorial department of the
newspaper, the Polish Courier (Kurier Polski) and for the following
four years (1902â€"1906) editorializing for the newspaper, the Polish
Word (SÅ‚owo Polskie). At the same time, with unusual productivity,
Kasprowicz wrote and had published his own works and poetry, to
critical acclaim.In 1904 he received a doctorate from Lwów University
for his treatise, the Lyrics of Teofil Lenartowicz (Liryka Teofila
Lenartowicza). In 1909 at Lwów University he became the head of the
Department of Comparative Literature, a department founded for him to
run.
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