Antoni Wodziński
Antoni Wodziński of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms (born September 30, 1848, in Śmiłowice, died October 22, 1928, in Służewo[1]) was a Polish nobleman and a writer in both Polish and French.
He was a representative of the Kuyavian branch of the Wodziński family, the nephew of painter and pianist Maria Wodzińska (fiancée of Frédéric Chopin),[2] and cousin of the senator and president of the Senate, Maciej Wodziński.[3]
Biography
[edit]He was the fourth child of Feliks Wodziński and Łucja Wolicka, and the grandson of Wincenty. In his youth, he moved to France, where he attended law lectures at the Sorbonne in Paris. He became highly proficient in French and wrote primarily in that language.
He is known as the first translator of Henryk Sienkiewicz's works into French. He translated most of Sienkiewicz's works, including Without Dogma, The Polaniecki Family, With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Pan Michael (the last three in collaboration with Ludwik Kozakiewicz).[4]
His own works include Les trois romans de Frédéric Chopin (1886), several French novels, and, in Polish, Letters from Paris, published in Słowo (1882–1883).
Wodziński maintained relationships and corresponded with many prominent Polish literary figures, including Maria Konopnicka, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer.
He is buried in the Wodziński family tomb at the cemetery in Służewo.
References
[edit]- ^ "Antoni Julian Józef Wodziński z Wodzina h. Jastrzębiec". www.sejm-wielki.pl. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ Teodor Żychliński, Złota księga szlachty polskiej. R.6, „PAN Biblioteka Kórnicka", 1884 [dostęp 2024-10-13].
- ^ R. Stodolny, "Antoni Wodziński (1848–1928): Writer, Translator, Literary Critic, Biographer of Maria Wodzińska Orpiszewska." In: A. Wodziński, About Maria Wodzińska. Iwonicz-Zdrój, 2015
- ^ "Works by Antoni Wodziński in the Polish digital library, Polona". polona.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-10-27.