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Jan Potocki

1761–1815

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Count Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer, and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland. Outside Poland he is known chiefly for his novel The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. He wrote in French.

Born
1761

Books by Jan Potocki

  1. Cover of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

    The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

    1805

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