Oskar Zawisza

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Oskar Zawisza (November 23, 1878 in Jabłonków - January 18, 1933 in Cierlicko) was a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist.

He was son of a teacher from Jabłonków. Zawisza finished German high school in Bielsko and theologic studies in Olomouc. He was pupil of Czech composer Josef Nešvera. Zawisza was ordinated as a priest on July 23, 1902. Then he became curate in Piotrowice, Błędowice Dolne, Niemiecka Lutynia, Strumień and Cieszyn. On July 1, 1911 he became a rector in Cierlicko.

He collaborated with Gwiazdka Cieszyńska and Zaranie Śląskie newspapers. Zawisza conducted historical and etnographic research and wrote also several books: Dzieje Strumienia (History of Strumień), Dzieje Karwiny (History of Karwina) and Śpiewnik góralski (Highlander's songbook); and operas Dożynki, Święta Barbara and Czarne diamenty, symphonic poem Znad brzegów Olzy and symphony Z niwy śląskiej.

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• Golec, Józef, and Stefania Bojda (1993). Słownik biograficzny ziemi cieszyńskiej. Cieszyn. vol. 1, p. 267.
• Kocych-Imielska, Maria (1989). Zapomniany historyk i ludoznawca. In: Kalendarz Cieszyński 1990. Cieszyn, pp. 128-130.
• Miękina, Leon (2001). Znów minie wiek...: Antologia literatury nadolziańskiej. Cieszyn: Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej, 162. ISBN 83-88271-11-3.