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Jan Potocki


(Count Jan Nepomucen Potocki)
Poland (1761 - 1815)

Count Jan Nepomucen Potocki (March 8, 1761 - December, 1815) was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army captain of engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer and author whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland, although he is chiefly known outside Poland for his novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.
 
 
Collections
   The Saragossa Manuscript (1958)
     aka The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
   The New Decameron (1966)
   Tales from the Saragossa Manuscript (1990)
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Anthologies containing stories by Jan Potocki
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Fantastic Tales (1993)
Visionary and Everyday
edited by
Italo Calvino



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