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Jan Potocki

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Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian (1761-1815)

WritersLived 1761 to 1815 · aged 54
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Count Jan Potocki was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveller and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

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Jan Potocki, by Anton Graff, 1785Jan Potocki, by Anton Graff, 1785Title page of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, first Polish edition, 1847Title page of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, first Polish edition, 1847

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Order of the White Eagle
Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
Order of Saint Stanislaus

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Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1761 to 1815 · aged 54
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