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Jan Potocki

Count Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer, and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland. Outside Poland he is known chiefly for his novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

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

Born 8 Mar 1761
Died 23 Dec 1815

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  • Cover of: The manuscript found in Saragossa

    First published in 1950 40 editions in 6 languages
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  • Cover of: Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript (Dedalus European Classics)

    First published in 1990 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jean Potocki-Oeuvres II: Voyage a Astrakan Et Sur LA Ligne De Caucase - Memoire Sur L'Ambassade En Chine (La Republique Des Lettres, 12)

    First published in 2003 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jean Potocki: Oeuvres I (La Republique Des Lettres)

    First published in 2004 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Voyages

    First published in 1980 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Voyage Dans Quelques Parties de la Basse-Saxe Pour la Recherche des Antiquités Slaves Ou Vendes: Fait en 1794 Par le Comte Jean Potocki

    First published in 2018 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Parades: Les Bohemiens d'Andalousie

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Au Caucase et en Chine, 1797-1806

    First published in 1991 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres. III, Théâtre ; Histoire ; Chronologie ; Écrits politiques

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres. I, Voyage en Turquie et en Égypte, Voyage en Hollande, Voyage dans l'Empire de Maroc, suivi du Voyage de Hafez, Voyage dans quelques parties de la Basse-Saxe

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Voyage dans l'empire du Maroc fait en l'année 1791

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ecrits politiques

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Histoire primitive des peuples de la Russie: avec une exposition complete de toutes les nations, locales, nationales et traditionelles, nécessaires a l'intelligence du quatrieme livre d'Hérodote

    First published in 1802 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The new Decameron: further tales from the Saragossa manuscript.

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Parady: Tłumaczyy Józef Modrzejewski

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Voyage dans les steps [sic] d'Astrakhan et du Caucase.: Histoire primitive des peuples qui ont habité anciennement ces contrées. Nouveau périple du Pont-Euxin.

    First published in 1829 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Voyage en Turquie et en Égypte: fait en l'année 1784

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Saragossa manuscript, a collection of weird tales

    First published in 1960 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Zaragoza'da Bulunmus El Yazmasi

    First published in 2020 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Avadoro: histoire espagnole; TOME TROISIEME

    First published in 2017 1 edition
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Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian

Born 8 Mar 1761
Died 23 Dec 1815
Subjects
Description and travel, History, Ancient History, Biography, Egyptian Chronology, Ethnology, Fiction, Fiction, general, Translations into English, Translations into Polish, Travelers, Voyages and travels, Adventure stories, Early works to 1800, French Short stories, French fiction, French literature, Gothic fiction, Historical Chronology, History, Ancient, Horror fiction, Journeys, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Polish literature
Places
Egypt, Astrakhanʹ (Russia), Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Europe, France, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Volynsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
People
Jan Potocki hrabia (1761-1815), Manetho, Jean Potocki
Time
1789-1815, 18th century

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Alternative names

  • Potocki, Jan hrabia
  • Jean Potocki
  • Potocki
  • Potocki J
  • J
  • Potocki, Jan hrabia.
  • Potocki, Jan, hrabia
  • Potocki, Jan, count
  • Jan Graf Potocki

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December 19, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
October 30, 2019 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
October 30, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Added bio from Wikipedia
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import