Wacław Potocki

The poet was born in 1621 year, died in 1696. He was a rich landedman from the Arian family, He spent his whole life in his property near Biecz, managing on the role. He participated in the public life of his poviat, he was a short, titular dignity. Potocki's poetic achievements are very large and was not printed during the author's lifetime. Remember first of all about the Khotyn War (written in 1670 year, only published in 1850), collection around 2000 Small poems Garden, but not fired… (The whole was issued in 1907 year titled Garden Fraszek) and morals (written in the years 1688-96).

Potocki's writing was a diverse work in terms of genre: from a patriotic epic, Through Fraszki, anecdotes, Occasional poems to the parable from the morals developing thoughts from the Latin sentences. The interesting songs of this poet with religious content deserve special attention, religious songs saturated with their own, the author's personal experience.

Garden, but not fired… It was written with a view to reading individual poems during feasts, In amused company. Contains very diverse songs: genre pictures, stories, Rumors about friends, neighbors, Notes from political events, joke, anecdotes, finally reflective poems, polemical. All texts are distinguished by colorful, in life, picturesqueness, full of colloquialisms, diverse language that perfectly reproduces the natural course of colloquial speech. Tom Potocki is a unique source to get to know Old Polish customs, everyday life, Sarmatian mind.

Potocki was a forgotten poet for years, and the poet's life itself weighted on the work of this writer, It sometimes has a definitely autobiographical character. Potocki-arianin in the first period of the Swedish wars he took the side of Karol Gustaw, believing, that he will defend the persecuted confession. When the Sejm ordered the Arians to leave Poland, The poet under coercion went to Catholicism, In the depths of the soul, still remaining the Arianin. All this drama Arian was reflected in poetic work, He shaped it to a large extent.