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- Birth nameAleksander Glowacki
- Boleslaw Prus (real name Aleksander Glowacki), 1847-1912, writer and journalist; played critical role in modernizing the Polish novel; co-creator of Polish Realism; humoresques, novellas, short stories: Klopoty babuni (Grandmother's Troubles, 1874), Powracajaca fala (The Returning Wave, 1880), Antek (1881), Kamizelka (The Vest, 1882), novelistic sketches incl. Anielka (1880), the touching tale of a child and poor people wronged by fate or social conditions; novels with a permanent place in Polish literature: Placowka (The Outpost, 1886), the first naturalistic novel, a depiction of agrarian colonization; Lalka (The Doll, 1890), epic panorama of Warsaw life 1878-79; socially engaged Emancypantki (The Emancipationists, 1894); historical-political portrayal of ancient Egypt in Faraon (Pharoah, 1897); wealth of journalism in the Warsaw press: Kroniki (Weekly Chronicles, 1953-70).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseOktawia Trembinska(January 14, 1875 - May 19, 1912) (his death)
- His wife Oktawia Trembinska was a maternal cousin of Prus. Her mother Katarzyna was one of the relatives who held custody over an underage Prus.
- Boleslaw Prus suffered from agoraphobia throughout his life. He went on a tour of Europe in 1895, and had to spend two months recuperating from the shock of being surrounded by large crowds.
- While Boleslaw Prus attended gymnasium (secondary school), one of his teachers was Jozef Sklodowski. Josef was the grandfather of Maria Sklodowska Curie, a famous scientist.
- Boleslaw Prus was orphaned early. His mother died when he was 3-years-old, his father died when he was 9-years-old. Until reaching adulthood, Prus was placed in the custody of a series of relatives.
- When 16-years-old, Boleslaw Prus took part in the January Uprising against the Russian Empire (1863-1864). He was wounded and captured in a battle against the Russians, suffering gunpowder injuries to his eyes. He was held in custody for several months, and placed on trial by a military court. The Russian authorities decided to release him with minimal punishment, because he was still underage.
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