![]() Succeeding with these, he went on to employ a larger canvas over the decade between 18, he completed four major novels: The Outpost, The Doll, The New Woman and Pharaoh. Głowacki took his pen name " Prus" from the appellation of his family's coat-of-arms.Īs a sideline, he wrote short stories. These societal enterprises were essential to the endurance of a people who had in the 18th century been partitioned out of political existence by Russia, Prussia and Austria. ![]() In 1872, at the age of 25, in Warsaw, he settled into a 40-year journalistic career that highlighted science, technology, education, and economic and cultural development. These early experiences may have precipitated the panic disorder and agoraphobia that dogged him through life, and shaped his opposition to attempting to regain Poland's independence by force of arms. Five months later, he was imprisoned for his part in the Uprising. Shortly after his 16th birthday, he suffered severe battle injuries. ![]() ![]() ![]() Īs a 15-year-old, Aleksander Głowacki joined the Polish 1863 Uprising against Imperial Russia. Aleksander Głowacki (20 August 1847 – ), better known by his pen name Bolesław Prus ( Polish: ( listen)), was a Polish novelist, a leading figure in the history of Polish literature and philosophy, as well as a distinctive voice in world literature. ![]()
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