Last name: Kasprowicz
Name/names: Jan
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Born: 12 December 1860 (Szymbor, Poland)
Died: 1 August 1926 (Harenda, Poland).
Jan Kasprowicz – He was born 12 XII 1860 r. in Szymborz near Inowrocław, died 1 VIII 1926 r. in Poronin. He was the son of a peasant illiterate. From 1870 r. He studied at Prussian junior high schools in Inowrocław, Opole, Racibórz, and in 1884 r. He obtained a high school diploma in Poznań. At that time, he took part in self-education and patriotic conspiracy. W 1884 r. He stayed in Leipzig for several months, where he started his studies. In the years 1884-1888 He studied at the University of Wrocław. W 1886 r. He got married to Theodosia Szymańska, But this relationship survived only a few months. W 1887 r. Kasprowicz was arrested twice and finally – for his socialist activities – He was sentenced to 6 months in prison. At the turn 1888 i 1889 r. He moved to Lviv, gdzie wszedł do redakcji Lviv courier
. He acted socially. W 1893 r. He married Jadwiga Gąsowska. This relationship broke up after OK. 8 years. W 1904 r. Kasprowicz won a doctorate at the University of Lviv. W 1911 r. he married a Russian, Maria Dunin. W 1920 r. He participated with S. Żeromski and in. Kozicki in a plebiscite action in Warmia and Mazury. From 1924 r. He stayed permanently in his villa on Harenda near Poronin.
Kasprowicz has already started writing at school, But the first more mature and original songs were created during studies. For a long time his work was related to the cultural situation of Germany. From this period they come from, among others. poematy Giordano Bruno (1884) and Aryman i Oromaz (1884 the 1885). Soon, however, Kasprowicz's works began to dominate the topics of the peasant. Poems from this period are the original and only attempt on a European scale to create naturalistic poetry. They also contain many innovative solutions in the field of compositions, imaging and versioning. From this period they come, among others. cykle Pictures of nature i From a cottage, cykl sonetów From prison i dramat The world ends!, Written by Kujawska dialect. W 1891 r. Kasprowicz's poetry enters the modernist current. From this period they come from, among others. trzy poematy From the mountains, set Rose wild bush, zbiory hymnów The dying world i Save Regina oraz poemat dramatyczny Herodiad's feast (1905). After hymns in Kasprowicz's work, a new trend is outlined – primitiveness. It consists in reaching for folklore and the customs of the village, the worship of a simple man and everyday life. Z tego okresu pochodzą Fairy tales, Klechdy and fairy tales (1902). Kasprowicz also dealt with journalism. However, he has more significant achievements as a translator from Greek, Latin, English, German, French, Italian and Norwegian.