Andrzej Kmicic
The Trilogy character
First appearanceThe Deluge
Last appearanceFire in the Steppe
Created byHenryk Sienkiewicz
Portrayed byDaniel Olbrychski
In-universe information
AliasBabinicz
NicknameJędrek
GenderMale
SpouseAleksandra Billewiczówna
ReligionChristian
NationalityLithuanian

Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel The Deluge. He is a typical szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian noble) from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; unruly yet patriotic. During the course of the books, he transforms from a villain to a hero.

The 1991–92 Copernicus Society translation by W.S. Kuniczak calls the character Andrei Kmita, rather than Andrzej Kmicic.[1]

The moral transformation of Kmicic is similar to the transformation of Prince Roman from Joseph Conrad's book.[2]

Samuel Kmicic may have served as the prototype of Andrzej Kmicic.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1992). Fire in the Steppe. Trans. W. S. Kuniczak. New York: Copernicus Society of America / Hippocrene Books. pp. 21, 25. ISBN 0-7818-0025-0.
  2. ^ Adam Gillon, "Some Polish Literary Motifs in the Works of Joseph Conrad", The Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter, 1966), pp. 427-428.
  3. ^ "Kmicic istniał naprawdę. Kim był Samuel Kmicic, pierwowzór głównego bohatera „Potopu”" , Wprost, April 5, 2021


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