Last name: Kochanowski
Name/names: Jan
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Born: 1530 (SYYNIA near Radom, Poland)
Died: 22 August 1584 (Lublin, Poland)
Category: Literature.
Jan Kochanowski – Born in 1530 year in Sycyna near Radom, died 22 August 1584 in Lublin. A poet considered the most outstanding representative of the humanistic poetry of Slavs, whose work influenced the development of Polish national literature (Numerous references from the Renaissance after day of day). He came from the average wealthy nobility. He studies at the Krakow Academy and Padua (with breaks for staying in Königsberg), where he gets a position as a Latin poet – Latin work will continue in parallel with Polish work in Polish. W 1559 He is in Paris, where he comes into contact with Ronsard and his poetic group Pleiades. After the division of the father -in -law (1559) starts the courtier's career, Initially, probably related to the Tarnowski (or Tęczyński), Bishop Filip Padniewski and Lublin voivode Jan Firlej, to at the turn 1563/64 become one of the secretaries of the Royal Chancellery. From 1571 He lives in Czarnoles with small breaks (1574 ultimately breaks up with the court). W 1579 Beloved daughter Urszula dies, And soon the next Hanna. Kochanowski died suddenly during the convocation in Lublin, King Stefan Batory and chancellor Jan Zamoyski participated in the funeral. It is not known exactly, When Kochanowski began poetic creativity; The oldest song is a Latin epigram dedicated to Stanisław Grzepski from 9.IV.1552, The earliest printed is the Latin epitaph of Erazm Kretkowski's memory, 1560 (Efitaphium cretcovii). Next to Latin epigrams, zebranych później i opublikowanych w tomie Foricoenia (1548) In the first phase of creativity, the epic dominates: Zuzanna (1562), Szachy (1564-66?), oraz większe okolicznościowe i publicystyczne m.in. Zgoda (1564), Satyr albo Dziki Mąż (1564). In the second phase, lyrics dominate, której plon zawierają tomy Pieśni (Busy 1586), Fraszki (1584), Treny (1580), Psałterz Dawidów (1579). Kochanowski jest również autorem tragedii w stylu klasycznym Odprawa posłów greckich (issue. 1578, Busy 1584) and many occasional patriotic works, In Latin. Jan Kochanowski's work immediately met with great appreciation and the first, który dostrzegł jego talent był Mikołaj Rej. The praise of Reja influenced the reception of Kochanowski's poetry, whose works enjoyed great recognition of contemporaries, and then the next generations. 64-66?), It happened primarily due to poetic craftsmanship, but also the concept of human philosophy, which was inscribed in this work. It is a concept referring to ancient tradition (including Homer and Horace) and humanistic tradition, which, thanks to his extensive erudition, Kochanowski assimilated well, as well as native tradition, to which Kochanowski includes the works of Rej, Trzecieskiego i Górnickiego. Bezpośrednio koncepcja ta została wyłożona w programowej elegii Muse (I'm singing and muse), where Kochanowski defines the poet's mission, situating it very high among human classes. In many works, it confirms the understanding of the social and historical role of poetry, its function surviving from oblivion, template, wreszcie świadomość wartości własnego dzieła śladem Horacego, which was not in contradiction with the sense of unity of life consisting of lofty and low elements (np. bachic epithelium). The formula of a significant part of Kochanowski's work of educational significance is also derived from the ancient (horacjańska zasada useful sweet, teach – including songs directly interfering with the then political reality, poczynając od Satire a na Check -in kończąc) and works in a mythological costume raising contemporary political issues.