Oskar Zawisza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oskar Zawisza

POlish Roman Catholic Priest

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1878

Place of Birth: Jablunkov, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1933

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Oskar Zawisza (23 November 1878 in Jablunkov – 18 January 1933 in Terlicko) was a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist. He was son of a teacher from Jablunkov.
Zawisza finished German gymnasium in Bielsko and Theological faculty in Olomouc.
He was a pupil of Czech composer Josef Nešvera.
Zawisza was ordained as a priest on 23 July 1902.
Then he became curate in Petrovice u Karviné, Dolní Bludovice, Niemiecka Lutynia, Strumien and Cieszyn.
On 1 July 1911 he became a rector in Terlicko. He collaborated with Gwiazdka Cieszynska and Zaranie Slaskie magazines.
Zawisza conducted historical and ethnographic research and wrote also several books: Dzieje Strumienia (History of Strumien), Dzieje Karwiny (History of Karwina) and Spiewnik góralski (Highlander's songbook); and operas Dozynki, Swieta Barbara and Czarne diamenty, symphonic poem Znad brzegów Olzy and symphony Z niwy slaskiej.