Karol Miarka known as the Younger or Son (11 June 1856 – 12 May 1919) was a Polish printer and publisher, social activist in Upper Silesia, fighting to maintain Polishness.

Karol Miarka
Born(1856-06-11)11 June 1856
Died12 May 1919(1919-05-12) (aged 62)
Occupation(s)printer, publisher

Biography

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He was the son of Karol. He graduated from the gymnasium in Cieszyn. After his father, he took over a printing shop in Mikołów, which he turned into a professional printing company.[1] He printed books (including books written by Mickiewicz, Slowacki, Krasiński), calendars and songbooks in mass quantities and then distributed them to the residents of villages and small towns. He received a gold medal for his publications shown at the 1894 National Exhibition in Lviv [pl]. Miarka's Mikołów printing house also published calendars. Very popular in Silesia was the Kalendarz Mariański which in 1898 reached a gigantic circulation of 100,000 copies for the time.[2] In 1910, he sold the publishing house to Adam Napieralski [pl]'s press concern. From 1912 he ran a Literary and Publishing Office in Racibórz.

On 10 June 1920 the publishing house of Karol Miarka also printed the first issue of the satirical magazine Kocynder.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Bogusław Bromboszcz, Ryszard Szendzielarz (2005). Drukarnia im. Karola Miarki w Mikołowie. Tolek.
  2. ^ Oleksiński, Jerzy (1980). I nie ustali w walce ... (Wyd. 1 ed.). Warszawa. pp. 140–141. ISBN 83-10-07610-X. OCLC 6764075. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Instytut Śląski w Opolu (1980). Encyklopedia Powstań Śląskich. Opole. p. 216.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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