Apollo Korzeniowski (February 21, 1820 – May 23, 1869) was a Polish poet, playwright, clandestine political activist, and father of Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad.
Apollo Korzeniowski was born on February 21, 1820, in the Imperial Russian village of Honoratka, then in Jampol County in what is now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. He was the son of Teodor Korzeniowski, an 1831 Polish Army captain, an impoverished nobleman who made a living running...
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Apollo Korzeniowski (February 21, 1820 – May 23, 1869) was a Polish poet, playwright, clandestine political activist, and father of Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad.
Apollo Korzeniowski was born on February 21, 1820, in the Imperial Russian village of Honoratka, then in Jampol County in what is now Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. He was the son of Teodor Korzeniowski, an 1831 Polish Army captain, an impoverished nobleman who made a living running leaseholds, and Julia née Dyakiewicz.
After graduating from secondary school in Żytomierz, Apollo studied law and Oriental studies at the University of St. Petersburg, then returned to Ukraine, where in 1852 he became an estate manager in the Podole village of Łuczyniec.
In 1854, during the Crimean War, Apollo took an active part in preparations to organize in Ukraine—in the rears of the Russian armies fighting in Crimea—a Polish uprising. It came to nought due to British and French reluctance to get involved in the Polish cause.
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