Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin
Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (4 October 1750, Vitebsk – 25 August 1807, Końskowola) is considered to be one of the most distinguished Polish poets of the Polish sentimentalism in the Enlightenment period. • Illustration — Franciszek Dyonizy Kniaźnin. He was a member of the Jesuit order since 1764, and after its suppression—a secretary of prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and teacher of his children. He was one of the first collectors of Belarusian folklore.
Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin
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- Born
- 1750 · Vitebsk.
- Died
- 1807 · Końskowola.
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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- poet · translator · playwright · writer
- Languages
- Polish · Belarusian · Latin
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Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (4 October 1750, Vitebsk – 25 August 1807, Końskowola) is considered to be one of the most distinguished Polish poets of the Polish sentimentalism in the Enlightenment period. • Illustration — Franciszek Dyonizy Kniaźnin. He was a member of the Jesuit order since 1764, and after its suppression—a secretary of prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and teacher of his children. He was one of the first collectors of Belarusian folklore.
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His poem in Belarusian "Krosenki" ("Кросенкі") was sung by Belarusian farmers as a folk song.
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1750
Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin born at Vitebsk.
1807
Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin died at Końskowola.
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Du rococo au sentimentalisme : les trois premiers recueils poétiques de Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1749/1750-1807), Revue des études slaves, 2002Crossref registry
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