Henryk Biegeleisen

Henryk Biegeleisen (1855–1934) was a Polish historian, literary critic, publisher, journalist, and ethnographer specializing in the history of Polish literature from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. His greatest accomplishment in the field of publishing included a series of books devoted to Romanticism in Poland. He prepared annotated editions of works of the Polish national bards: Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and Zygmunt Krasiński.[1]

Henryk Biegeleisen
Biegeleisen in Lwów
Biegeleisen in Lwów
Born1855
Died1934
OccupationHistorian, ethnographer, author

Career

Between 1899 and 1906 Biegeleisen wrote and published a five volume literary study titled An Illustrated History of Polish Literature (Ilustrowane dzieje literatury polskiej), which was a rare and valuable compendium and recapitulation of his lifelong research. His other work published between 1927 and 1931 were studies of Polish customs, beliefs and age-old traditions in several volumes titles Mother and Child in the Rites, Beliefs, and Customs of the Polish Folk (Matka i dziecko w obrzędach, wierzeniach i zwyczajach ludu polskiego), Medicine of the Polish Folk (Lecznictwo ludu polskiego), Weddings (Wesele), At the Cradle – Before the Altar – By the Tomb (U kolebki – przed ołtarzem – nad mogiła), and Death in the Rites, Customs, and Beliefs of the Polish Folk (Śmierć w obrzędach, zwyczajach wierzeniach ludu polskiego).[1][2][3]

Private life

His sons were Bolesław Biegeleisen and Leon Biegeleisen.

Notes
  1. Tomasz Gąsowski (2010). "Biegeleisen, Henryk". Wilhelm Babrasz, Józef Gajek, Stanislaw Łempicki, and Jan Muszkowski, eds., Henryk Biegeleisen, Lwów, 1936. Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. 2, pp. 30–32. Kraków, 1936. Translated from Polish by Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. Amazon (2015). "Henryk Biegeleisen". Books by Henryk Biegeleisen. Amazon.com. (Polish Editions). Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. Henryk Biegeleisen, Śmierć w obrzędach, zwyczajach i wierzeniach ludu polskiego (djvu), complete book in the Polish language from Commons.
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