Teodor Jeske-Choiński, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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writer and historian
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Place of Birth: Pleszew, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
About Teodor Jeske-Choiński
- Teodor Jeske-Choinski (27 February 1854 - 14 April 1920 ) was a Polish intellectual, writer and historian, literature critic.
- He was a friend as well as an opponent of Henryk Sienkiewicz.
- Sienkiewicz' novels were focused rather on Polish history, whereas Jeske-Choinskis were looking at broader, European context.
- In 1900 he published Tiara i korona, a novel about the dispute between the Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.Joanna Beata Michlic named him "one of the leading theorists and exponents of Anti-Semitism in Poland". In 1951 the communist censorship put complete ban on all his books, which made him completely forgotten among polish public.
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