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Born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, Russian Empire, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was the only child of Ewa Bobrowska and the Polish poet Apollo Korzeniowski. In May 1862, when Conrad was four, they were exiled to Vologda in Northern Russia.
Conrad lost his mother in 1865 and was homeschooled by his father. Apollo introduced him to the works of William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo and Polish literature. After his death in May 1869, the eleven-year-old Conrad went to live with his uncle, Tadeusz Bobrowski.