Prus Boleslav is a well-known Polish writer who gained popularity thanks to his unsurpassed prose works. Prus is known not only in the homeland, but also in other countries. After all, his work has been translated into many languages. Want to learn about the life path of this writer and his work? Please read.
Prus Boleslav. Biography: The Beginning
The future writer (real name Alexander Glovatsky) was born in the family of a noble house-keeper, who belonged to the gentry, in 1847. Despite belonging to the privileged class, the Globatskys were on the verge of poverty. However, little Alexander suffered not only from poverty. Very young, he lost his parents quite early, which was reflected in the fragile worldview of the boy. When Alexander was only three years old, his mother died, and at nine years old the boy lost his father. An orphan was taken under her wing by a grandmother who was able to provide for the future writer and give him a decent education.
Future life
While still a youth, Boleslav Prus began to actively express and defend his civic position. Thus, in 1863, Alexander Glovatsky took part in the Polish uprising.
The future writer was wounded and captured by Russian troops. However, everything worked out: Prus Boleslav was released after treatment in the hospital. Nevertheless, the young man did not stop conducting his dissident activities. And a year later Prus Boleslav was again detained and imprisoned. Imprisonment lasted three months, after which the young man was released again.
Prus Boleslav graduated from the Lyceum in Lublin, after which he entered the Warsaw Main School at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. However, his studies at this institution lasted only two years. After all, Prus Boleslav experienced material difficulties. Because of this, the young man was forced to move to Pulawy, where he studied at the School of Agriculture and Forestry. Nevertheless, Boleslav Prus soon found a way to return to Warsaw.
Writing
The debut of Alexander Glovatsky as a writer took place in 1872. It was then that he wrote his first work for a local newspaper. Prus Boleslav quickly gained popularity. From 1874 to 1903 he was actively published in various Warsaw newspapers. And in 1882, the writer managed to get the post of editor in a popular magazine called "News."
There Prus Boleslav published his own articles of a journalistic nature. The most popular literary and critical articles left a mark in Polish literature and contributed to a realistic concept of art.
Alexander Glovatsky died on May 19, 1912. On his grave in the Povonzky cemetery there is a tombstone with the inscription "Heart of hearts."
Creation
As mentioned above, the Polish writer Boleslav Prus mainly worked for newspapers. During his life, he wrote a lot of feuilleton and various chronicles. In addition, stories and humorous sketches that had social issues (for example, Antek, Palace and the Shack, Mikhalko, etc.) were actively published. Also, the story "Orphan's share", which has certain autobiographical shades, brought fairly wide fame to the writer.
However, the greatest contribution to the development of Polish literature was made by Alexander Glovatsky as a novelist. Prus Boleslav, with his work entitled The Doll, developed a new type of socio-psychological novel. In it, he displayed a vast panorama of life in Warsaw, linking it to the stories of three generations of Polish idealists. "Doll" is rightfully considered one of the best examples of Polish literature. In 1968, on the basis of the novel, the film of the same name "The Doll" was put (directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has). And in 1977, on the basis of the same work, a whole television series was released.