Franciszek Ksawery Godebski

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Franciszek Ksawery Godebski (1801 in Frankenthal – May 17, 1869 in Lwów) was a Polish writer and publicist. Cyprian Godebski was his father, an Dobrogost his pseudonym.

Franciszek was from 1822-1823 editor of several literature magazines in Warsaw, among others of "Wanda". He participated in the November Uprising, was member of the Sejm in 1831 and editor of the "Orzel Bialy" magazine.

From 1832 until 1858 he lives in emigration in France. In 1841 he was co-founder and since 1853 lecturer of the Batignolles School (Szkola batiniolska). In 1849 Franciszek became administrator of the "La Tribune des Peuples" (People's Trubune). After the return to Poland, he became curator of the Ossolineum in Lwów.

He died on May 17, 1869 and was buried in the Łyczakowski Cemetery in Lwów.