Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz ([mit͡sˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ] (
listen); 24 December 1798 – 26 November 1855) was a heavily influential national Polish Romantic poet, generally regarded as the greatest figure in Polish literature,[1] especially known for his epic poem Pan Tadeusz. At the later phase of his life he was also a political activist, an ideologue and a Messianic philosopher who lectured Slavic languages at Collège de France.
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| Born | Adam Bernard Mickiewicz 24 December 1798 Zaosie, Lithuania Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 November 1855 (aged 56) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Resting place | Wawel Cathedral, Kraków |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Polish |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Period | 19th |
| Genre | Romanticism |
| Notable works | Pan Tadeusz Dziady |
| Spouse | Celina Szymanowska (1834–55; six children; her death) |
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Life
changeEarly years
changeAdam Mickiewicz was born on 24 December 1798, either at his paternal uncle's estate in Zaosie (now Zavosse) near Navahrudak (in Polish, Nowogródek) or in Navahrudak itself in what was then part of the Russian Empire and is now Belarus.
Works
changeIn many literary critics' opinion, Mickiewicz is among the most important writers such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Byron and Homer.[1][2]
Lithuania, my country! You are as good health:
How much one should prize you, he only can tell
Who has lost you.
Notes
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Adam Mickiewicz, Poet, Patriot and Prophet". Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
- ↑ George Sand, Goethe - Byron - Mickiewicz, "Revue des Deux Mondes"; December 1, 1838
Further reading
change- Koropeckyj, Roman Robert (2008). Adam Mickiewicz: The Life of a Romantic. Cornell UP. ISBN 978-0-8014-4471-5. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- Maurer, Jadwiga (1996). "Z matki obcej--": szkice o powiazaniach Mickiewicza ze swiatem Zydow (Of a Foreign Mother . Sketches about Adam Mickiewicz's Ties to the Jewish World. Fabuss. ISBN 978-83-902649-1-2. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
Other websites
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- Works by Adam Mickiewicz at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Adam Mickiewicz at Internet Archive
- Works by Adam Mickiewicz at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
