Bolesław Prus
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Bolesław Prus (Polish: [bɔˈlεswaf ˈprus] (
listen)) (20 August 1847 – 19 May 1912), real name Aleksander Głowacki, was a Polish writer.
He was born in Hrubieszów and died in Warsaw. As a 15-year-old high-school student, he fought in Poland's January 1863 Uprising.
Prus is best known for his novels, Lalka (The Doll) and the historical novel Faraon (Pharaoh). He also wrote "Anielka," Placówka (The Outpost), Emancypantki (The New Woman), and many other stories and novels. He was an advocate of Positivist philosophy and social progressivism.
Prus is regarded as one of the greatest Polish writers, and one of the world's most prominent.
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Prus's Hrubieszów birthplace
Lublin Castle, Prus's prison during 1863–65 Uprising
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Coat-of-arms that inspired the pen-name "Bolesław Prus"
Prus, by Holewiński. Frontispiece to first book edition of The Doll, 1890.
Portrait by Antoni Kamieński, 1897, celebrating Prus's 25 years as journalist and fiction writer
Prus's tomb at Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery, designed by his nephew, Stanisław Jackowski
1982 plaque on Warsaw University's Kazimierz Palace, commemorating 1866–68 student Bolesław Prus
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