Jan Zachariasiewicz

Jan Chryzostom Zachariasiewicz (; 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 Spielberg 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 later imprisoned in Theresienstadt fortress for two years.

He was a nephew or grandnephew of the bishop Franciszek Zachariasiewicz (1770–1845).

Zachariasiewicz died on 7 May 1906 in Krzywcza.

Works

In Lviv Zachariasiewicz published and edited magazines including:

• 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

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