Kazimierz Waliszewski

Kazimierz Klemens Waliszewski (1849–1935) was a Polish author of history, who studied in Warsaw and Paris, and wrote primarily about Russian history.

Kazimierz Waliszewski
Born1849
Warsaw Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1935
NationalityPolish
Occupationhistorian, writer

Background

Born in Gole, Poland, Russian Empire but a long resident in France, Waliszewski wrote a detailed, scholarly works covering nearly three centuries of Russian history: from Ivan the Terrible to the end of the nineteenth century.[1] He began research in 1870, and devoted over thirty years of work in libraries and archives in Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna, and Saint Petersburg. Several of his works written in French were translated into other languages. Waliszewski, also researched Polish history, and his book, Poland, the Unknown, offers a defence of the country's history against hostile Russian and German interpretations.[2]

As a man of letters, Waliszewski expressed his intention to introduce Joseph Conrad to the Polish public in 1903,[3] after the two had exchanged a number of letters.

Selected books

References
  1. Snyder, Louis Leo (1967). The making of modern man: from the Renaissance to the present. Van Nostrand.
  2. Nevins, Allan (1938). The Gateway to History. D.C. Heath and Company. p. 369. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  3. Krzyżanowski, Ludwik, ed. (1960). Joseph Conrad: centennial essays. Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. p. 121.
  4. "Review of Littérature Russe par K. Waliszewski & A History of Russian Literature by K. Waliszewski". The Athenæum (no. 3779): 392–393. 31 March 1900.
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