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   Count Jan Potocki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) 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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   The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (French: Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse; also known in English as The Saragossa Manuscript) is a frame-tale novel written in French at the turn of 18th and 19th centuries by the Polish author Count Jan Potocki (1761–1815).

   • Author: Potocki, Jan, hrabia, Ian Maclean
   • Publication date: 1805, 1813, 1847

   • Publish Year: 1805
   • Genre: Picaresque novel

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   MJ Nicholls. 2,095 reviews4,413 followers. January 19, 2019. And swaggering in at a lithe 630 pages, middleweight champion of Eastern Europe, known as the Polish Decameron, blast them vuvuzelas for The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, a Spanish picaresque novel written in French by a polymathic aristocrat and suicide.

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   Who was Count Jan Potocki?

   • Count Jan Potocki ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) 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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   How did Count Jan Potocki die?

   • He committed suicide by gunshot in 1815, however, the circumstances of his death remain controversial to this day. 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.

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   Who was Potocki and what did he do?

   • Potocki was a member of one of the leading noble families of Poland. During the Napoleonic Wars he served as an officer with the French army. He appears to have taken a series of soldier's campfire tales and strung them together to create a work very similar to Antoine Galland's translation of the Tales of the Arabian nights.

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   Why did John Potocki die?

   • In spite of his literary career, Potocki became burdened by mental illness, melancholy as well as severe clinical lycanthropy, which led him to believe that he was transformed into a werewolf. He committed suicide by gunshot in 1815, however, the circumstances of his death remain controversial to this day.

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6. culture.pl › en › articleWas Jan Potocki a Kabbalist? Revisiting The Manuscript Found ...

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   Was Jan Potocki a Kabbalist? Revisiting The Manuscript Found in Saragossa | Article | Culture.pl. Screenshot from the lead credits for the famous adaptation of Potocki's novel Saragossa Manuscript directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has. Was Jan Potocki a Kabbalist? Revisiting The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. #language & literature.

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   Jan Potocki (Author of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa) Discover new books on Goodreads. See if your friends have read any of Jan Potocki's books. Join Goodreads. Jan Potocki’s Followers (95) Born. in Pików na Podolu, Poland. March 08, 1761. Died. December 02, 1815. Genre. Fiction, Travel. Influences. Eberhard Werner Happel. ...more. edit data.

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   • Death Date: December 2, 1815

   • Birth Date: March 8, 1761

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   Sep 1, 1996 · The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Paperback – September 1, 1996. by Jan Potocki (Author), Ian Maclean (Translator) 4.6 188 ratings. See all formats and editions. A literary masterpiece by a Polish traveller, aristocratic adventurer, political activist, ethnographer and publisher.

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    Count Jan Potocki ( Polish pronunciation: [ ˈjan pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]; 8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) 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.