Last name: Mickiewicz
Name/names: Adam, Bernard
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Born: 24 December 1798 (Zaosie, Belarus)
Died: 26 November 1855 (Konstantynopol, Türkiye)
Category: Literature.
Adam Mickiewicz – he was born 24 XII 1798 r. in Zaosie K. Nowogródka, died 6 XI 1855 r. in Constantinople. He was the son of Mikołaj – A lawyer at the Nowogróda courts – and Barbara née Majewski. After graduating from Dominican schools in Nowogródek, he joined 1815 r. at the University of Vilnius, where he obtained a solid education in the field of classical philology, native literature and history. From September 1819 r. He took the job of a high school teacher in Kaunas. At that time, he belonged to the Society of Filomats and Filarets and for this reason he was imprisoned (in the Basilian Fathers monastery in Vilnius), where he stayed from 23 X 1823 r. do 21 IV 1824 r. Then he was sent to Russia. He stayed among others. in St. Petersburg, Odessa and Kaunas. In Russia he met many outstanding local writers. W 1829 r. He found himself in Germany, and then in Rome, where he learned about the outbreak of the November Uprising. In April 1831 r. He set off through Geneva and Paris – to Greater Poland, which he left in March 1832 r., Then he went back to Paris through Dresden. There he married in the year 1834 with Celina Szymanowska. W 1839 r. He took the cathedral of a professor of Roman literature in Lausanne, And in the years 1840-1844 he held the office of a professor at the Department of Slavic literature, created in College de France. W 1844 r. For his anti -clerical attitude and promoting the idea of Andrzej Towiański, he was suspended in the professor's activities. In February 1848 r. he stayed in Rome, where he obtained an audience at Pius IX, and later organized the Volunteer Legion of Poland. After Napoleon III took power, he abandoned political activities and started working as a librarian at the Arsenal Library in Paris. In September 1855 r. He went to Constantinople with the intention of creating Polish troops to occur against Russia. He died suddenly in this city, most likely for damn. His body was transported to Paris, and currently rests in the basement of the Wawel Cathedral.
In their volumes of poetry, published in 1822 i 1823 r., a obejmujących Ballads and romances, II i IV cz. Dziady oraz powieść poetycką Grażyna, He was the first creator in Polish literature – Romantic breakthrough. Made a return in these works to the beliefs and folk imagination. W Clothing for youth natomiast prawa młodości podporządkował służbie nadrzędnego ideału. W Rosji napisał SONETY (1826 r.) i Konrada Wallenroda. W 1832 r. stworzył III cz. Dziady i Books of the Polish nation and Polish pilgrimage, and in 1834 r. – Mr. Tadeusz. In Paris, he also conducted very lively journalistic activity (czasopismo polityczne “Polish pilgrim” oraz założony w 1849 r. i redagowany przez niego dziennik “Tribune of peoples”, French). He wrote his songs in a simple language, What did his works available to all readers.
He is considered our national prophet.