Kajetan Abgarowicz

Kajetan Abgarowicz (pseudonyms: Kajetan Abgar-Soltan, and Soltan Abgar; ) (7 August 1856 in Czerniów, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria – 27 July 1909 in Truskawiec, Ukraine) was a Polish journalist, novelist and short story writer of Armenian descent.
Life.
Born into a family of landowners, his parents were Franciszek and Salomea neé Przysiecka. Abgarowicz attended schools in Stanisławów and Lwów (Lviv), Ukraine. He made his debut in the press as a novelist in 1889. He was co-founder in 1901 of the Lviv newspaper "Przedświt", and also ran the literary section. He collaborated with other magazines of Lviv, Krakow and Warsaw, such as "Słowo Polskie", "Gazeta Lwowska" (1894), "Czas", "Nowa Reforma" and "Tygodnik Illustrowany".
A popular humorist, Abgarowicz wrote in the mainstream genres of Polish popular fiction, romance, and adventure. Many of his short stories and novels were published, most of which centred on the nobility, especially from the Podolia region, featuring young squires leading an active social life. Abgarowicz was also interested in the life of Rusyns and contributed to the popularity of Hutsuls culture in Poland. While his novels, such as "Klub nietoperzy" (two volumes, the first of which was published in 1892), "Polubowna ugoda" (1894), and "Z wiejskiego dworu" (1895), were characterized as being weak, his collections of short stories and sketches, such as "Z carskiej imperii" (1892), "Rusini" (1893) and "Widziane i odczute" (1904), did not receive the same criticism.