Daniel Naborowski

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Daniel Naborowski (1573-1640) was a Polish Baroque poet.

Daniel Naborowski was born in Cracow. His educated took place not only in Cracow, but also at Wittenberg (1590-1593) and Basle (1593-1595). In Basle he studied medicine, in Orleans he studied law, and from Galileo in Padua he learned military engineering. Once he returned to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, he joined the court of magnate Janusz Radziwiłł, where he was his secretary and physician. He was also magnate's diplomatic envoy, and often traveled abroad. After Janusz death, he moved to the court of his relative Krzysztof Radziwiłł.

He died in Wilno, were near the end of his life he was appointed the city's judge.

Although some of his works were published in 17th century (like On the eyes of the English princess who was married to Frederick, the pfaltzgrave of Rhein, elected the king of Bohemia, published in 1621), majority of his poems were published only in 1961. Besides poems, Naborowski was a translator, and wrote letters, epitaphs, trifles and laments, mostly praising the country's peaceful life in the spirit of sarmatism.

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• Michael J. Mikoś, Polish Baroque and Enlightenment Literature: An Anthology. Ed. Michael J. Mikoś. Columbus, Ohio/Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers. 1996. 104-108. ISBN 0-89357-266-7