author
Juliusz Rawicz Przyjemski
b. 1820
A mid-19th-century Polish writer whose surviving English-language works blend history, legend, exile, and national feeling. He is a faint figure in the record, but his books still carry a strong Romantic voice.
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Wanda : a dramatic poem
by Juliusz Rawicz Przyjemski
About the author
Very little confirmed biographical information is easy to find for this author beyond the basic catalog form Juliusz Rawicz Przyjemski (1820–?). Library and digital-book records identify him as a 19th-century writer, and the uncertainty around his death date suggests that details of his life were not well preserved in commonly available sources.
What can be confirmed from his published work is that he wrote in English and was active in London by the 1850s. His 1857 book Sketches of the Polish Mind presents historical and political reflections shaped by exile and by Polish national experience. The title page describes him as a member of the Polish Historical Association of London, which places him in an émigré intellectual world.
He is also known for Wanda: A Dramatic Poem, published in London in 1863 and later translated by Anna Maria May. That work retells the Polish legend of Queen Wanda in a ceremonial, patriotic mode, showing his interest in myth, public duty, and the fate of Poland. No clearly verified portrait was found in the sources reviewed, so a profile image is not included.