Ludwik Sztyrmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1809
Place of Birth: Płońsk, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Date of Death: 04-Jun-1886
Profession: novelist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Ludwik Sztyrmer
- Ludwik Sztyrmer (born 30 April 1809 Plonsk - died 4 June 1886 Lentvaris) was a Polish novelist, literary critic and soldier. He was born in Plonsk, the son of Jacob Stürmer, a military doctor of German origin, and Julianna Linkowski, his second wife.
- In 1824, he graduated from the cadet corps in Kalisz, and in 1829 from the military school in Warsaw.
- During his time at the school, he developed an interest in literature, reading the French classics and romantic poetry.
- He also learned foreign languages, and was able to read in French, German and English.
- In 1830 he released his first publication, a psychological essay about animal magnetism.
- He participated in the November Uprising.
- In the Battle of Grochow in 1831 he was taken prisoner by the Russians and sent to Wiatka (now Kirov).
- In 1832 he joined the Russian army.
- During the years 1832 to 1834 he served in Finland.
- During his stay there he wrote a diary, now preserved only in fragments.
- In 1834, he enrolled in the military academy in St.
- Petersburg.
- Around 1838 he married Eleanor Janowska.
- During the 1840s, he published fiction, mostly under the name of his wife Eleanor Sztyrmer.
- He wrote a series of strange novellas, mostly centered around the character of Mr.
- Pantofel (or Mr.
- Slipper).
- He was a member of St.
- Petersburg society during the years 1842 to 1845, and published journalistic pieces in the Weekly Petersburg under the pseudonym "Gerwazy Bomba".
- During this time, he was friends with Henryk Rzewuski and Józef Emanuel Przeclawski, and was a member of the St.
- Petersburg Coterie, a group of Polish writers of aristocratic origin based in the Russian capital.
- At the end of his life he suffered from mental illness, and from 1880 onwards, he was completely insane.
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