Oskar Zawisza

Oskar Zawisza
Born	(1878-11-23)23 November 1878 Jablunkov, Austrian Silesia
Died	18 January 1933(1933-01-18) (aged 54) Těrlicko, Czechoslovakia
Citizenship	Austrian, Czechoslovak
Occupation(s)	Catholic priest, publicist

Oskar Zawisza (23 November 1878 – 18 January 1933) was a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist.

Zawisza was born on 23 November 1878 in Jablunkov. He was son of a teacher from Jablunkov. Zawisza finished German gymnasium in Bielsko and Theological faculty in Olomouc. He was a pupil of Czech composer Josef Nešvera. Zawisza was ordained as a priest on 23 July 1902. Then he became curate in Petrovice u Karviné, Dolní Bludovice, Niemiecka Lutynia, Strumień and Cieszyn. On 1 July 1911 he became a rector in Těrlicko.

He collaborated with Gwiazdka Cieszyńska and Zaranie Śląskie magazines. Zawisza conducted historical and ethnographic research and wrote also several books: Dzieje Strumienia (History of Strumień), Dzieje Karwiny (History of Karviná) and Śpiewnik góralski (Goral's songbook); and operas Dożynki, Święta Barbara and Czarne diamenty, symphonic poem Znad brzegów Olzy and symphony Z niwy śląskiej.

Zawisza died on 18 January 1933 in Těrlicko, at the age of 54.

• Golec, Józef; Bojda, Stefania (1993). Słownik biograficzny Ziemi Cieszyńskiej (in Polish). Vol. 1. Cieszyn. p. 267. OCLC 69547117.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Kocych-Imielska, Maria (1989). Zapomniany historyk i ludoznawca. In: Kalendarz Cieszyński 1990. Cieszyn, pp. 128–130.
• Miękina, Leon (2001). Znów minie wiek...: Antologia literatury nadolziańskiej (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej. p. 162. ISBN 83-88271-11-3.

• Dzieje Strumienia online at Książnica Cieszyńska library (in Polish)
• Ogólna historya Cierlicka online at Książnica Cieszyńska library (in Polish)