Wacław Michał Zaleski

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Wacław Michał Zaleski (September 18, 1799 in Olesko, eastern Galicia – February 24, 1849 in Vienna), pseudonym Wacław from Olesko (Polish: Wacław z Oleska), was a Polish poet, writer, researcher of folklore, theatre critic, political activist, and governor of Galicia (1848).

Zaleski collected and published in Lviv Pieśni polskie i ruskie ludu galicyjskiego (Polish and Russian songs of the Galician Nation; 1833), which contained about 1,500 works, including 160 with piano accompaniment composed by Karol Lipiński. It was the largest collection of folk songs published in Poland before Oskar Kolberg.

Zaleski was an author of patriotic songs, paraphrases, translations of Ukrainian dumas and never-published stage works.

References

"Zaleski Wacław Michał". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
"Zaleski Wacław Michał". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-09-23.

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Persondata
Name	Zaleski, Wacław Michał
Alternative names	Wacław from Olesko (pseudonym)
Short description	writer, folklorist, political activist
Date of birth	September 18, 1799
Place of birth	Olesko, eastern Galicia
Date of death	February 24, 1849
Place of death	Vienna

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