Franciszek Henryk Siła-Nowicki (29 January 1864, in

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– 3 September 1935, in

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) was a

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, a recreational

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socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

activist, and designer of the '' Orla Perć'' (Eagle's Path)

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Tatras

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Life

Franciszek Nowicki was the son of

Maksymilian Nowicki Maksymilian Siła-Nowicki (9 October 1826 – 30 October 1890) was a Polish zoology professor and pioneer conservationist in Austrian Poland. His major studies were on the beetles and lepidoptera of eastern Galicia. Later in life, he was inv ...

— a

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and pioneer Polish conservationist — and Antonina Kasparek, sister of

Franciszek Kasparek Franciszek Ksawery Kasparek ( Sambor, 29 October 1844 – 4 August 1903, Kraków) was a Polish jurist, professor of law and rector of Kraków University, founder of the first chair in international law in Poland (at Kraków University), and member ...

, professor of

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, rector of

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, and founder of the first

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in Poland. As a university student, Nowicki co-edited (with Kazimierz Tetmajer,

Andrzej Niemojewski Andrzej Niemojewski (24 January 1864 – 3 November 1921) was a Polish social and political activist, poet, rationalist and writer of the Young Poland period. God Jesus Niemojewski was best known as a proponent of the Christ myth theory. He ...

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, and others) a

-leaning

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, '' Ognisko'' (Focus). In 1890 he co-founded, with

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and others, the Polish Socialist-Democratic Party (''

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'').

, ''Pamiętniki'' (Memoirs), vol. I, Krakόw, Z.R.S.S. Proletarjat, 1925, chapter III, pp. 67-68. From 1894 he taught at a '' gimnazjum'' (

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). On 5 February 1901 Nowicki proposed to '' Towarzystwo Tatrzańskie'' (the Tatras Society) the building of '' Orla Perć'' (the Eagle's Trail), which was partly realized in 1903-07. In 1902 he climbed to the then-as-yet-unnamed '' Przełęcz Nowickiego'' (Nowicki's Pass) in the '' Buczynowe Turnie'' Tatras peaks. In 1924 Nowicki retired from teaching, and in 1934 he became an honorary member of the Polish Writers' Union ('' Związek Zawodowy Literatów Polskich'').

Writings

Nowicki published

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s and stories and, in 1891, his sole little volume of ''Poems'' (''Poezje''), comprising two parts: "The Tatras" ("''Tatry''") and "Songs of Time" ("''Pieśni czasu''"). He also

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d from

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, e.g.,

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of ''

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''. He ceased writing poetry following an unhappy romantic involvement.

References

Bibliography

, ''Pamiętniki'' (Memoirs), vol. I, Krakόw, Z.R.S.S. Proletarjat, 1925. * ''Mała encyklopedia powszechna PWN'' (Small PWN Universal Encyclopedia), Warsaw,

Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (''Polish Scientific Publishers PWN''; until 1991 ''Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe'' - ''National Scientific Publishers PWN'', PWN) is a Polish book publisher, founded in 1951, when it split from the Wydawnictwa Szkolne i ...

, 1959, p. 633.

External links

"''Poeta Tatr''" ("Poet of the Tatras"), an article about Franciszek Nowicki in the magazine, ''Pod Diablakiem''.
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Life

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