Tadeusz Do艂臋ga-Mostowicz (Author of Znachor)

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Tadeusz Do艂臋ga-Mostowicz

Born

in Okuniewo, Russian Federation

August 10, 1898

Died

September 20, 1939

Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Crime

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Tadeusz Do艂臋ga-Mostowicz was a Polish journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma. It is claimed by some that the book subsequently inspired the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosi艅ski.

Tadeusz Mostowicz was born August 10, 1898, at his family's village of Okuniewo, near Vitebsk in the Russian Empire, the son of a wealthy lawyer. After graduating from gimnazjum (high school) in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania), then Russian Empire in 1915 he embarked upon law studies at the University of Kiev. There he befriended numerous fellow members of the Polish diaspora and became involved in a local underground group of the Polska Organ Tadeusz Do艂臋ga-Mostowicz was a Polish journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. The best known, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma. It is claimed by some that the book subsequently inspired the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosi艅ski.

Tadeusz Mostowicz was born August 10, 1898, at his family's village of Okuniewo, near Vitebsk in the Russian Empire, the son of a wealthy lawyer. After graduating from gimnazjum (high school) in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania), then Russian Empire in 1915 he embarked upon law studies at the University of Kiev. There he befriended numerous fellow members of the Polish diaspora and became involved in a local underground group of the Polska Organizacja Wojskowa (Polish Military Organization, abbreviated "POW" in Polish).

After the Russian Revolution, Okuniewo was seized by Bolshevik Russia, and Mostowicz's family moved to Poland, where they bought a small village. Also in 1918, Tadeusz moved to Warsaw, where he joined the Polish Army. He fought as a volunteer in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921, and was demobilized in 1922.

While working at printing houses, Mostowicz sent short stories to newspapers and was finally discovered to be a talented reporter. From 1925 he was on the staff of the daily Rzeczpospolita (The Republic), one of the most influential newspapers in Poland. About that time he adopted the pen name "Do艂臋ga", after his mother's Do艂臋ga coat of arms. While a journalist, he began publishing short stories and pamphlets, many of which achieved considerable popularity.

In 1928 he quit his journalistic job and devoted himself full-time to writing fiction. The following year he finished his first novel, and in 1930 published it as Ostatnia brygada (The Last Brigade). However, it was not until 1932 that he became famous as the author of Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma), the most popular of his books. Initially serialized in newspapers, the novel proved a major success. Thereafter Mostowicz wrote an average of 2 novels a year. His monthly income is estimated to have exceeded 15,000 z艂otych, some 2,800 1939 US dollars.

During Poland's defensive war in 1939, Do艂臋ga-Mostowicz was mobilized and served as commanding officer of an outpost defending a bridge over the Cheremosh River at the town of Kuty in southeastern Poland. On September 22, 1939, he was killed in a skirmish with the advancing Soviet Red Army.

In 1978 his remains were exhumed and on November 24 interred at Warsaw's Pow膮zki Cemetery. ...more

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“Cel mai uimitor sentiment din c芒te cunosc e dorul.Omul are impresia c膬 este total absorbit de realitatea 卯nconjur膬toare,acomodat cu mediul,preocupat de noile lui probleme.葮i deodat膬 o str膬fulgerare orbitoare:chipul cuiva,ochii cuiva,ochii 葯i gura cuiva.Le sim葲i cu un realism zguduitor 葯i 卯葲i dai seama c膬 tot ce te 卯nconjoar膬 este lipsit de importan葲膬,indiferent,ba chiar dizgra葲ios.Dizgra葲ios tocmai de aceea c膬 ne 卯ndep膬rteaz膬 de acele m芒ini,de acea gur膬.Cuno葯ti dumneata durerea de inim膬,durerea aceea fizic膬 ce ne sf芒葯ie pieptul,scurt 葯i violent?...”
― Tadeusz Do艂臋ga-Mostowicz, Znachor. Profesor Wilczur

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“Fericirea dureaz膬 at芒t c芒t omul 葯tie s-o pre葲uiasc膬 cum se cuvine.”
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“脦n cuvintele "niciodat膬" 葯i "卯ntotdeauna" e mult patos si rareori adev膬r.”
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