Jan Potocki

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Jan Potocki was a Polish nobleman, writer, and traveler best known for his novel "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa."

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Jan Potocki canonical 4

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instanceOf Polish nobleman
human
traveler
birthDate 1761-03-08
burialPlace Uładówka
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfCitizenship Poland
deathDate 1815-12-23
educatedAt Lausanne Academy
linked to: Academy of Lausanne

University of Geneva
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Potocki
fieldOfWork ethnography
history
literature
genre fantastical literature
frame narrative
gothic fiction
givenName Jan
hasGenreAsAuthor adventure fiction
philosophical fiction
languageSpoken French
Polish
memberOfNobleFamily Potocki family
militaryRank officer
militaryService Polish Army
name Jan Potocki
nativeLanguage Polish
nobleTitle count
notableFor novel "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa"
notableWork The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
occupation ethnographer
historian
politician
soldier
traveler
writer
originalTitleOfWork Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse
placeOfBirth Piła
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
placeOfDeath Russian Empire
Uładówka
religion Roman Catholicism
traveledTo Egypt
Morocco
Russia
Spain
Turkey
writingLanguage French

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Potocki family notableMember Jan Potocki
Potocki notableBearer Jan Potocki
Jan Potocki name Jan Potocki