Jan Zachariasiewicz Explained

Jan Chryzostom Zachariasiewicz (pronounced as /pl/; 1823–1906; Zacharyasiewicz, Zacharjasiewicz) was a Polish novelist and journalist.

Biography

Zachariasiewicz was born on 11 September 1823 in Radymno. During 1842–44 he was a prisoner of Špilberk Castle. Co-editor of Tygodnik Polski, where he published poem Machabeusze. For publishing this work and also for participation in Revolutions of 1848, Zachariasiewicz was imprisoned in Terezín for two years.He was a nephew or grandnephew of the bishop Franciszek Zachariasiewicz (1770–1845).

He died on 7 May 1906 in Krzywcza.

Works

In Lviv Zachariasiewicz was publishing and editing magazines:

• Postęp (1848), a radical political magazine, with K. Widman
• Tygodnik Polski (1849)
• Nowiny (1854–1856)
• Kółko Rodzinne (1860)

His notable novels include:

• Skromne nadzieje (1854)
• Na kresach (1860)
• Święty Jur (1862), vol. 1–3
• Człowiek bez jutra (1871)
• Zły interes (1876)
• Wybór pism (1886–1888), a collection of works, vol. 1–11

References

• Encyclopedia: Zachariasiewicz Jan Chryzostom. Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. 2007-04-24. Polish. 2012-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120211141007/http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=3999694. dead.
• Encyclopedia: Zachariasiewicz Jan Chryzostom. WIEM Encyclopedia. 2007-04-24. Polish. 2015-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20150425011134/http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/40745,,,,zachariasiewicz_jan_chryzostom,haslo.html. dead.