Kazimierz Zalewski (5 December 1849 – 11 January 1919), pseudonym Jerzy Myriel, was a Polish dramatist, literary and theatre critic, one of the leading author of middle-class positivistic drama.

Kazimierz Zalewski
Kazimierz Zalewski, reproduction from magazine Kłosy, 1887
Kazimierz Zalewski, reproduction from magazine Kłosy, 1887
Born(1849-12-05)5 December 1849
Płock, Congress Poland
Died11 January 1919(1919-01-11) (aged 69)
Warsaw, Poland
Pen nameJerzy Myriel
Occupationdramatist, novelist
NationalityPolish
Literary movementPositivism

Zalewski was born in Płock. He was the publisher and editor of the magazine Wiek (1875–1905), and managing director of Teatr Mały in Warsaw from 1909 until his death, in Warsaw.

Notable works edit

Socio-psychological comedies
  • Przed ślubem (1875)
  • Dama treflowa (1879)
  • Górą nasi (1885)
  • Nasi zięciowie (1886)
  • Małżeństwo Apfel (1887)
Novels
  • Syn przemytnika (1884)

References edit

  • "Zalewski Kazimierz". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  • "Zalewski Kazimierz". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-09-23.

External links edit

Further reading edit

  • Stachura, Renata (2001). Mazan, B.; Przybyła, Z. (eds.). "Kazimierz Zalewski: "Pani Podkomorzyna" — próba komedii historycznej". Świętochowski i rówieśnicy. Kotarbiński, Urbanowski, Zalewski. Sesja w 150. Rocznicę ich urodzin, Zakopane, 4–6 maja 1999. Częstochowa.
  • Kuligowska-Korzeniewska, Anna. "Apoteozować spekulantów: O komediach Kazimierza Zalewskiego w Łodzi" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.