High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wac aw Sieroszewski (1858-1945) was a Polish writer, Polish Socialist Party activist, and soldier in the World War I-era Polish Legions (decorated with the Virtuti Militari). For activities subversive of the Russian Empire, he had spent many years in Siberian exile.Sieroszewski's Siberian experiences became the subjects of his many stories and novels Na kresach lasów (At the Edge of the Woods, 1894), Dno n dzy (The Depths of Misery, 1900), Risztau (1899), Ucieczka (The Escape, 1904), Zamorski diabe (The Overseas Devil, 1900). He also authored the popular Bajki (Fables, 1910).