Józef Bohdan Zaleski

• Name — Józef Bohdan Zaleski • Born — 14 February 1802 • Birthplace — Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya, Russian Empire • Died — 31 March 1886 • Place of death — Villepreux, France • Occupation — Translator Poet • Language — Polish • Education — Imperial University of Warsaw • Genre — Romanticsm Poetry

Zaleski was a member of the secret patriotic organisation Związek Wolnych Polaków (1821); a participant of the November Uprising (1830–1831); a deputy of the Sejm (during the November Uprising 1830–1831); the co-founder (with Mickiewicz) of the religious brotherhood Towarzystwo Braci Zjednoczonych; and co-editor of a magazine, Nowa Polska.

Zaleski was associated with Romanticism and sentimentalism. He was the author of popular historical dumas (in which he refers to Ukrainian folklore); love and reflective lyrics inspired by folk poetry; religious poetry; as well as fantasy poems, sung poems, aphoristic poems, memoirs, translations (Serbian folk songs). Three of his songs were set to music by Frédéric Chopin (see Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin). • Dumas • Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego (Dumka of Hetman Kosiński, 1823) • Dumka Mazepy (Mazepa's Dumka) • Czajki • Poems and lyrics • Duch od stepu (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem) • Jamby (Iambs), aphoristic poem • Przenajświętsza Rodzina (The Most Holy Family, 1839; published in Poezje [Poems], vol. 2, 1842), religious poem • Pyłki (Dust), aphoristic poem • Rojenia wiośniane — sung poem • Rusałki (1829) — fantasy poem • Śliczny chłopiec — sung poem • Śpiew poety (1823) — lyric • Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek — sung poem • Duch od stepu (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem) • Collections • Pisma zbiorowe (Collected Writings, vols. 1–4, 1877) • Dzieła pośmiertne (Posthumous Works, vols. 1–2, 1891) • Korespondencja (Correspondence, vols. 1–5, 1900–04)