Bogumił M. Woźniakowski, Free thought Forumwinter 2025. In the photograph A.Słonimski
The Sejm of the Republic of Poland adopted a resolution on the patrons of the year 2025 at its 16th gathering on July 24, 2024 – with authors Stefan Żeromski (1864-1925) and Antoni Słonimski (1895-1976).
In 2025 it is the 100th anniversary of the death of Żeromski, 1 of the most prominent Polish writers, the spiritual authority of Polish intelligence of the turn of the 19th/XX century author of short stories, novels, dramas and reports that shaped the national reasoning of many generations of Poles. The explanatory memorandum of the resolution indicated that "Stefan Żeromski was the creator convinced of the crucial function of literature, due to the fact that he believed in the writer's peculiar mission and in his work for shaping the destiny of the nation and Homeland."
The year 2025 is besides the 130th anniversary of the birth of a Slovenian poet, writer, large columnist, literary and theatrical critic, as well as translator and publicist.
Expressing appreciation for his artistic achievements, the resolution stressed that he was “one of the co-creators of the first Polish literary cafe “Pod Pikador” and shortly later – the poetic group “Skamander”. He was besides co-founder of the first copyright protection organization in Poland, known present as the Association of authors and phase composers. During planet War II he was on emigration; from 1948 to 1951 he was manager of the Institute of Polish Culture in London, from 1956 to 1959 president of the Union of Polish Literature, author and signatory of Letter 34 (1964) and signatory of Letter 59 (1975).
443 Members voted in favour of the resolution on Żeromski; 441, against 1 (Confederation), 1 (Confederation), and 17 did not vote in favour of the resolution on Żeromski; 443 voted in favour; 425 against 4 (Confederation), 14 (Confederation), and 17 did not vote in favour.
Both Żeromski (indirectly) and Słonimski (directly) were associated with free-molarism.
His brother-in-law Rafał Radziwiłowicz (1860-1929), a psychiatrist doctor, 1 of the leading Polish free-muralists and 1 of the first Poles in the 20th century, who were admitted to the masonry, played an crucial function in the life of Żeromski, both privately and in his work. In his case, this occurred in the Paris Lodge "Les Rénovateurs" in November 1909, where he besides obtained his degree in January 1910.
Master. In June 1910 he was the founder of the “Deliverance” Lodge in Warsaw, part of the large East of France, 1 of the first beds on Polish soils in the 20th century (wider on the revival of Royal Art on Polish lands in the beginning of the 20th century I wrote in No 88 FMW), and after regaining independency he held the dignity of the Grand Master of the large National Lodge of Poland (1920-1922) and a associate of the ultimate Council of Poland, where he held the dignity of the talker for the remainder of his life.
Żeromski met Radziwiłowicz around 1890 in Nałęczów, where he worked at the Medical Department there. There he met his sister Octavia Rodkiewicz (1862-1928). Octavia was a young widow (her first husband Henry Rodkiewicz (1837-1889) died 2 years after their wedding) with a kid – daughter Henrya (1889-1940). Octavia was then the admin of the Medical Department.
Żeromski was younger and poorer than Octavia. erstwhile they met, he worked as a teacher of noble children. This relation did not suit her parent and her stepfather, who felt that she deserved a better organization than the mediocre governer (both of them boycotted their wedding). The only 1 of her household who approved this relation was Rafał. He was knowing about the deficiency of material basis for marriage. erstwhile Żeromski wrote about the design...
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