Wiesław Wernic, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wiesław Wernic

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1906

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Aug-1986

Profession: writer, author, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Wiesław Wernic

  • Wieslaw Wernic (28 February 1906 in Warsaw, 1 August 1986), popular Polish writer and journalist, best known for his series of Wild West books, sometimes called "Polish Karl May". During World War II fought in the Warsaw Uprising, after the war worked for a Polish daily Rzeczpospolita and weekly "Tygodnik Demokratyczny".
  • His first stories were published in 1927, he returned to writing in the sixties when he wrote his first Wild West book "Tropy wioda przez prerie".
  • Over the next 30 years he wrote 20 books about the adventures of Doctor John (Jan in Polish; his alter ego) and his friend Charles (Karol in Polish) Gordon.
  • Unlike Karl May to whom he was often compared, Wernic visited United States a number of times where he met with American Indians and was a leading authority on the history and customs of the Wild West. Some of his books were translated into German, Slovak, Romanian and Czech languages.
  • He sold well over 2,000,000 books in Poland and over 350,000 in other languages. Tropy wioda przez prerie 1965 (Spuren führen durch die Prärie in German, Stopy vedu cez preriu in Slovak, Stopy vedou prerii in Czech) Szeryf z Fort Benton 1966 (Der Sheriff von Fort Benton in German, Serif z Fort Betonu in Slovak, Seriful din Fort Benton in Romanian) Slonce Arizony 1967 (Die Sonne von Arizona in German, Slunce Arizony in Czech) Colorado 1969 (Colorado in German) Plomien w Oklahomie 1970 Lapacz z Sacramento 1970 Czlowiek z Montany 1972 Gwiazda trapera 1972 Wedrowny handlarz 1973 Przez góry Montany 1974 Na poludnie od Rio Grande 1975 Ucieczka z Wichita Falls 1976 Barry Bede 1977 Old Gray 1978 Skarby McKenzie 1980 Znikajace stado 1982 Wolanie dalekich wzgórz 1983 Sierzant Konnej Policji 1985 W Nowej Fundlandii 1988 Zle miasto 1990Fan's pages: www.wernic.info

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