Sprostowania oraz uzupełnienia do genealogii i biografii Ludwika Sztyrmera

• Published in: Pamiętnik literacki Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 119 - 128
• Main Authors: Samborska-Kukuć, Dorota, Kukuć, Dariusz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2020; Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN); The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• Subjects: Studies of Literature; Ludwik Sztyrmer; genealogy; biography
• ISSN: 0031-0514; 2719-5376
• DOI: 10.18318/pl.2020.3.8

The article concerns the figure of a writer, an author of unusual prose, referred to as “a Polish Hoffmann.” Sztyrmer’s life, as it may seem, has been subject of many discussions, and more than that since his writing had also autobiographical valour. The present paper only in a slight degree refers to “Sztyrmer Ludwik” entry placed in one volume of “Polski słownik biograficzny” (“Polish Biographical Dictionary”), and this entry, as defective, became an excuse to start an intensive archive search query. The paper introduces a set of new pieces of information about Sztyrmer, his family commitments (data on his parents and grandparents, on numerous siblings, both whole and half, i.e. from his mother’s first marriage, on his relatives mentioned in his memories). Light is also shed on the issue of Sztyrmer’s marriage and his descendants, established names, and real dates of his life.