Józef Bohdan Zaleski
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Józef Bohdan Zaleski (February 14, 1802 in Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya – March 31, 1886 in Villepreux near Paris) was a Polish Romanticist poet. He was the originator of the "Ukrainian poetry school." Zaleski was a friend of Adam Mickiewicz.
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[edit] Life
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.
[edit] Works
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 (i.e., Serbian folk songs). Some of his songs were set to music by Fryderyk Chopin.
- Dumas
- Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego (1823)
- Dumka Mazepy
- Czajki
- Lyrics, poems and poetry works
- Duch od stepu (1841) — poem
- Jamby — aphoristic poem
- Przenajświętsza Rodzina (1839; published in Poezje vol. 2, 1842) — religious poetry
- Pyłki — aphoristic poem
- Rojenia wiośniane — sung poem
- Rusałki (1829) — fantasy poem
- Śliczny chłopiec — sung poem
- Śpiew poety (1823) — lyric
- Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek — sung poem
- Collection of works
- Pisma zbiorowe (1877, vol. 1–4)
- Dzieła pośmiertne (1891, vol. 1–2)
- Korespondencja (1900–1904, vol. 1–5)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Zaleski Józef Bohdan (Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- Zaleski Józef Bohdan (Polish). WIEM Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- "Zaleski Józef Bohdan". Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN (1) 6. (1997). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. p. 970. ISBN 83-01-11969-1.
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| NAME | Zaleski, Józef Bohdan |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya, Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1886 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Villepreux near the Paris, France |
