Stanisław Przybyszewski
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Stanisław Przybyszewski
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May 7, 1868 Łojewo, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation (now Poland) |
| Died | November 23, 1927 (aged 59) Jaronty, Poland |
| Resting place | Góra, Inowrocław County |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, novelist, playwright |
| Language | German, Polish |
| Nationality | Prussian/German, Polish |
| Period | Young Poland |
| Spouse | Dagny Juel Przybyszewska, Jadwiga Kasprowicz |
| Children | Zenon Przybyszewski Westrup |
Stanisław Przybyszewski (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswaf pʂɨbɨˈʂɛfskʲi]; 7 May 1868 – 23 November 1927) was a Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet of the decadent naturalistic school. His drama is associated with the Symbolist movement. He wrote both in German and in Polish.
Przybyszewski was born in Łojewo near Kruszwica during the partitions of Poland. The son of a local teacher, Józef Przybyszewski, Stanisław attended a German gymnasium in Toruń, in the Prussian Partition, graduating in 1889. He left for Berlin, where he first studied architecture and then medicine. It was there that he became fascinated by the philosophy of Nietzsche and Satanism and immersed himself into the bohemian life of the city.
In Berlin he lived with, but did not marry, Martha Foerder. They had had three children together; two before he left her to marry Dagny Juel on 18 August 1893 and one during his marriage to Dagny. From 1893 to 1898 he lived with Dagny, sometimes in Berlin and at others in Dagny's hometown of Kongsvinger, in Norway. In Berlin they met other artists at Zum schwarzen Ferkel.
In 1896 he was arrested in Berlin on suspicion of the murder of his common-law wife Martha, but released after it was determined that she had died of carbon monoxide poisoning. After Martha's death the children were sent to different foster homes. In the autumn of 1898, he and Dagny moved to Kraków where he set himself up as the leader of a group of revolutionary young artists and as editor of their mouthpiece Życie (Life). He remained a fervent apostle of industrialism and self-expression.
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