Stefan Żeromski

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Stefan Żeromski (['stεfan žε'romski] (help·info); October 14, 1864 in Strawczyn - November 20, 1925 in Warsaw) was a Polish novelist.

In recognition of his literary achievements, he was granted the privilege of using an apartment at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in literature.[1]

[edit] Works

• Approach of Spring (Przedwiośnie)
• The Labors of Sisyphus (Syzyfowe prace) - about Tsarist efforts to Russify the Russian-occupied part of Poland, in the 19th and 20th centuries.
• Ashes (Popioły, 1902 – 1903)
• The Faithful River (Wierna rzeka, 1912)
• Diary
• Ravens and Crows Will Peck Us to Pieces (Rozdziobią nas kruki, wrony)
• Homeless People (Ludzie bezdomni, 1899)
• A Story of Sin (Dzieje grzechu)
• Elegy for a Hetman (Duma o hetmanie)
• Sułkowski
• The Rose (Róża)
• The Charm of Life (Uroda życia)
• Struggles with Satan (Walka z szatanem)
• Wind from the Sea (Wiatr od morza)
• The Little Quail Ran Away From Me (Uciekła mi przepióreczka)

[edit] See also

• Nałęczów
• Young Poland