Wiktor Gomulicki
1848–1919
Biography
Wiktor Gomulicki was a Polish poet, novelist and essayist, born in 1848 at Ostrołęka, who died in Warsaw in 1919. He grew up at Pułtusk, studied law at the University of Warsaw, and became one of the leading figures of Polish Positivism, the movement that favoured practical work, science and steady social progress over armed revolt.
Much of his career was spent in Warsaw journalism. He worked for the Illustrated Daily Courier, published satirical magazines, and in 1889 and 1890 edited the Weekly Universal. He is best known as a writer of historical novels and books for young readers. He also published several volumes of poetry and is credited with the first Polish translations of Baudelaire.
The book listed on this site, Wspomnienia niebieskiego mundurka (Memories of a Blue Uniform), is based on his own life and is counted among the classics of Polish youth literature. It is a useful starting point for anyone interested in how writing for young people developed in Poland in the late nineteenth century.
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Books
Wspomnienia niebieskiego mundurka
by Wiktor Gomulicki
Witold Sprężycki and his schoolmates go through their lessons, pranks and quarrels at a boys' school in Pułtusk in the 1860s and 1870s, in the days of the Russian partition. Gomulicki's book for young readers, first published in 1905, recalls the schoolboy's world with humour…
Summary written by Claude Sonnet 5.5.