Oskar Zawisza

Oskar Zawisza
Born	November 23, 1878(1878-11-23) Jablunkov, Austrian Silesia
Died	January 18, 1933(1933-01-18) (aged 54) Těrlicko, Czechoslovakia
Ethnicity	Polish
Citizenship	Austrian, Czechoslovak
Occupation	Catholic priest, publicist
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Oskar Zawisza (23 November 1878 in Jablunkov - 18 January 1933 in Těrlicko) was a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist.

He was son of a teacher from Jablunkov. Zawisza finished German gymnasium in Bielsko and Theological faculty in Olomouc. He was a pupil of Czech composer Josef Nešvera. Zawisza was ordained as a priest on 23 July 1902. Then he became curate in Petrovice u Karviné, Dolní Bludovice, Niemiecka Lutynia, Strumień and Cieszyn. On 1 July 1911 he became a rector in Těrlicko.

He collaborated with Gwiazdka Cieszyńska and Zaranie Śląskie magazines. Zawisza conducted historical and etnographic research and wrote also several books: Dzieje Strumienia (History of Strumień), Dzieje Karwiny (History of Karwina) and Śpiewnik góralski (Highlander's songbook); and operas Dożynki, Święta Barbara and Czarne diamenty, symphonic poem Znad brzegów Olzy and symphony Z niwy śląskiej.

References

• Golec, Józef; Stefania Bojda (1993). Słownik biograficzny Ziemi Cieszyńskiej. 1. Cieszyn. p. 267. OCLC 69547117. 
• Kocych-Imielska, Maria (1989). Zapomniany historyk i ludoznawca. In: Kalendarz Cieszyński 1990. Cieszyn, pp. 128-130.
• Miękina, Leon (2001). Znów minie wiek...: Antologia literatury nadolziańskiej. Cieszyn: Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej. pp. 162. ISBN 83-88271-11-3. 

External links

• (Polish) Dzieje Strumienia online at Książnica Cieszyńska library
• (Polish) Ogólna historya Cierlicka online at Książnica Cieszyńska library

Persondata
Name	Zawisza, Oskar
Alternative names
Short description	POlish Roman Catholic Priest
Date of birth	23 November 1878
Place of birth	Jablunkov, Austrian Silesia
Date of death	18 January 1933
Place of death	Těrlicko, Czechoslovakia