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StefanŻeromski(1864-1925),polishwriter,civicleader
andmoralist.Inhisstoriesandnovelsheprotestedagainst
socialinjusticesandobstructionsthatpreventedthesimple
folkfromculturaldevelopment.Healsopointedoutthemoral
responsibilityoffightingforjusticeandprogress,inthe
shortstorySiłaczka(StrongWilled)andinthenovelLudzie
bezdomni(HomelessPeople),inwhichadoctorTomaszJu-
dym,wantstosinglehandedlyfixthesocialinjustices,andas
aresult,suffersdefeat.Żeromski9sprose,isstronglyboundto
thetraditionofstruggles,forPoland9sindependence:thenovel
Popioły(Ashes),theshortstoryRozdziobi¹naskruki,wrony...
(RavensandCrowsWillPeckUsł).Oneofthemostfamous
novelsfortheyouthisSyzyfoweprace(SisypheanLabours).
HereŻeromskiwroteabouttheprocessoftheripeningof
patrioticyouthonPolishlands,butunderRussianoccupa-
tion.Towardstheendofhislife,hewrotethenovel,Przed-
wiośnie(EarlySpring),inwhichhewroteaboutmaturation
andchangesofacharacter,CezaryBarykawhowasbornand
raisedinBaku.Thischaracterbecamedisenchantedafterthe
RussianrevolutionandarrivesinWarsaw.Thefirstyearsof
PolishIndependencewereveryharshlyappraisedinthis
novel.ŻeromskiisalsotheauthorofDzienniki(Diary)which
weremanagedformanyyears.
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