Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887) is one of the most prolific writers in history, the author of a considerate number of historical novels, i.e. "An Ancient Tale". As a Student of the Lublin Province School (in the years 1828-1827) he lived in a tenement house at Grodzka Street number 24, at the Lublin Old Town. As a reminder of his association with the town, the façade of the building is adorned with a sgraffito portrait of the writer.

However young Kraszewski did not spend a long time in Lublin, the town’s buildings, streets and alleys remembered by him became the setting of many of his novels. It's worth to mention that he had spent his childhood in the village of Romanów in the Lublin region (district of Biała Podlaska). The manor house that used to belong to his grandparents currently houses a biographical museum presenting the life and works of the writer.