Biography

• 1867
  Wladyslaw Stanislaw Rejment was born on May, the 7th in Kobiele Wielkie, a small country side village near Radomsko . Rejmont's father was a piano-player and secretary at a local parish. He belonged to so-called „third layer (the clergy) of the Polish rural society. He was better-off than the peasants but worse-off than the landowners, eventhough he originated from an ancient family owning land. His mother originated from an empoverished family of land-owners. She had a bit of literary predisposition she would make up chats and stories.
  
• 1868
  He lived in Tuszyn near Lodz. He was one of nine children in a profoundly catholic family.
  
• 1880
  He moved to Warsaw to stay with his brother-in-law Konstanty Jakimowicz. He learnt the craft of weaving. He became a fournayman in 1885. At the same time he took an interest in theatre.
• 1882
  He wrote his first poems and one year later - first piece of prose (not published).
  
• 1884
  Rejment was forced to leave Warsaw because of his participation in consipiracy against Tzar. He joined a nomadic Theatre. Over the following ten years he would often abandon and return to this profession.
  
• 1886
  Rejment returned to his parents' place in Wolborka. He sincerely abhored that boring place. Staying in the countryside made him sick and tired.
  
• 1889
  Rejment's father helped him obtain a job at Warsaw-Viena railway. He was a railway watchman's assistant on the railway line between Krasnowa-Lipce. The last name would be found again in Rejment's most famous novel „The Peasants"
  
• around 1890
  Rejment went to Berlin together with a wellknown spiritualist Puszow. Then he moved to Wroclaw, where the main spiritualists' c hurch was located.
  
• 1891
  Rejment resumed his work for the railway. He also sent an article entitled: „Death" to the newspaper „Voice". This brought him the position of a reporter in the province for this newspaper.
  
• 1893
  Rejment moved to Warsaw. His short story „The Christmas Eve" was published in the Cracow newspaper „Thought". He was signed Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont. He took up some studies. His material situation was quite bad. His family ceased any contact with him. Reymont changed his surname and the order of his names after the publication of „Christmas Eve". This was a text aimed at Tzar, which could bring serious consequences.
  
• 1894
  Reymont went on a pilgrimage to Jasna Gora. He would describe it in the fest called „The pilgrimage to Jasna Gora" published in „The Illustrated Weekly". By then he had also started the writing of „The promissed land". For a few weeks he worked for a weaver in Lodz. He prticipated in the Congress of Theosophic Association in London. He travelled in France, Belgium, Germany.
  
• 1895
  His first book „The pilgrimage to Jasna Gora „ was published. He travelled to Itally with the Jakimowicze. He moved to Lodz; just to observe the city which would be the contest of the novel „The promissed land".
  
• 1896-1899
  Reymont stayed abroad, first of all in France. There he wrote „The promissed land" (first printing 97/98, remakes and definitive printing - 1899).
  Published:
  1896 -„La Comedienne"
  1897-"Ferments"
  
• 1900
  He took a medical treatement in Zakopane. On the way back to Warsaw he was in a serious train accident. A considerable idemnity allowed him some time for his literary work with financies security.
  
• 1902
  Reymont married Aurelia Szablowska. Journey to France: Paris and Beg Mail (Britany) :"The peasants" took form.
  
• 1903
  After his return he lived again in Warsaw and Zakopane.
  
• 1904-1909
  The novel „The peasants" published:
  volumes I and II - 1904
  volume III - 1906
  volume IV - 1909
  The first printing in „The Illustated Weekly".
  Reymont's friends were other famous writers of the time: S.Wyspianski, E. Orzeszkowa.
  
• 1909 Reymont took a summer holiday in Florianow. Eliza Orzeszkowa, (who was there with him) told him:
  „Just like the Globe on Atlas's shoulders, the Polish literature is now lying on yours".
  1907 -1912
  Reymont was unhappily in love with Wanda Toczylowska.
  
• 1908
  his novel „A dreamer" was published.
  
• 1909
  Raymont received the Lewental Award.
  
• 1911
  Another novel of his pen was published - „The Vampire".
  
• 1913-1918
  His unfinished historical trilogy, „1794 year" was published. The author lived in Warsaw at that time. He also worked for the Charity Department of the Council of Assistance.
  
• 1917
  Reymont was awarded a prince of „PAU" for „The peasants".
  
• 1919
  He left for Paris, from where he was sent to the USA by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His mission was to estabilish contact with Polish immigrants in America.
  
• 1920
  Reymont went to the USA again and returned to Poland. He purchased a possession Kolaczkowo (near Poznan). That was the place where he would spend his summer holidays every next year. During winters he would live in Warsaw.
  
• 1923
  His „Two novels" was published.
  
• 1924
  His novel „The rebellion" was published. On april that year Reymont was awarded The Nobel Prize for „The peasants". He was not able to receive it in person, as he went, seriously ill, to Nice, south of France, for another medical treatment. The idea of Raymont being the coandidate for the Nobel prize appeared for the first time in 1916. It returned in 1924, six mounth before awarding the prize. Initially it was Zeromski, (another Polish writer) who was to run for it, but his chances were estimated rather little. Reymont, with his „Peasants" stood more chance of winning eventhough another problem surfaced for this novel. In April 1924 only one volume of „The peasants" was published in Swedish.The Nobel committe required the whole of it the Swedish language
  
• 1925
  having returned to Poland, Reymont joined to Polish Popular Party „Piast". He was hospitalized in Poznan. In the hospital he commenced his next novel about brother Albert Chmielowski. The news about his friend Stefan Zeromski's (the second, besides Reymont, the great Polish writer in this epoque) death depressed him (20th december 1925).
  
• 5th December 1920
  He died. Reymont the last days of his life spent at his home in Warsaw. His wife Aurelia was with him till the very last minute.