author
A. J. (Antoni Józef) Gliński
1817–1866
A self-taught 19th-century Polish storyteller and folklorist, he is best remembered for gathering folk tales and legends into the influential collection Bajarz polski. His work helped carry oral traditions from the countryside into print, where they could reach new generations of readers.
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Polish Fairy Tales
by A. J. (Antoni Józef) Gliński
About the author
Born in 1817 in Szczorse near Nowogródek, he came from a peasant family and was largely self-educated. From 1844 he lived in Vilnius, where he worked in literary and journalistic circles and built a reputation as a writer interested in folk tradition.
He is best known for Bajarz polski, a four-volume collection of fairy tales, legends, and folk stories first published in 1853 and reissued many times afterward. Reference works also describe him as a journalist and folklorist, and note that he was connected with the Vilnius press, including work as a longtime editor of Wiadomości Gubernialne Wileńskie and as a translator associated with Kuryer Wileński.
His legacy rests on preserving and shaping Polish folk material for print. He died in Vilnius on June 30, 1866.