Władysław Reymont was born on 7 May 1867 in Kobiele Wielkie. A Polish novelist, Reymont was born into a poor family and worked as a tailor's apprentice, railway clerk and actor before turning to writing. He is best known for the novels The Promised Land, a portrait of the industrial city of Lodz, and The Peasants, a four-volume epic of village life through the cycle of the seasons. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924 for The Peasants. His work combined naturalism with a lyrical depiction of the rhythms of the countryside. He was injured in a railway accident in his youth, which provided him with funds that allowed him to write.
Before and after
- 14 January 1867Death of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- from 1 March 1867 to 28 October 1918Austria–Hungary
- 30 March 1867Alaska Purchase
- 3 April 1867Discovery of Tempel 1
- 7 May 1867Birth of Władysław Reymont
- 4 June 1867Birth of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- 8 June 1867Birth of Frank Lloyd Wright
- 28 June 1867Birth of Luigi Pirandello
- from 1 July 1867 to 31 December 1870North German Confederation
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