Teodor de Wyzewa

Born Teodor Wyżewski on September 12, 1862, in what was then the Russian partition of Poland, he moved to France as a child and built his career in French letters. Writing as Téodor de Wyzewa, he became known as a novelist, critic, and translator with a wide range of interests.

He was especially active in Parisian literary life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Alongside original fiction, he wrote criticism and took part in introducing and interpreting major writers and composers for French readers, giving him a place in the broader cultural world of his time.

De Wyzewa died on April 15, 1917. Though he is less widely read today than some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure for readers drawn to literary criticism, translation, and the international currents that shaped French culture in his era.