Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont (1868-1925) was a Polish author, and
Nobel laureate. His best known work is the novel Chlopi. In 1894 he
began to send his short stories to different magazines, and,
encouraged by good reviews, decided to write novels: Komediantka
(The Deceiver) (1895) and Fermenty (Ferments) (1896). No longer
poor, he would soon satisfy his passion for travel, visiting
Berlin, London, Paris and Italy. Then, he spent a few months in Ldz
collecting material for a new novel ordered by the Kurier Codzienny
(The Daily Courier) from Warsaw. The earnings from this book-Ziemia
Obiecana (The Promised Land) (1897)-enabled him to go on his next
trip to France where he socialized with other exiled Poles. In 1924
he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature over rivals Thomas
Mann, Maxim Gorky and Thomas Hardy. Reymont's literary output
includes about 30 extensive volumes of prose. There are works of
reportage: Pielgrzymka do Jasnej Gry (Pilgrimage to Jasna Gra)
(1894), Z ziemi chelmskiej (From the Chelm Lands) (1910), Z
konstytucyjnych Dni (From the Days of the Constitution) (1905) and
others.
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