Mikołaj Hussowczyk

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Mikołaj Hussowczyk (Belarusian: Мікалай (Мікола) Гусоўскі; c. 1470–c.1533). Notable Polish and Renaissance poet and humanist, cultural and social activist. Founder of the Belarusian Renessaince literary tradition^[1]. Wrote in publicistical, epical, heroical, lyrical, historical and satirical genres. His poem «Song about the bison» is considered to be unsurpassed in the scale of depicting of the Belarus and Belarusian people until the famous Mickiewicz's «Pan Tadeusz».

His most known works are:

«Carmen de statura feritate ac venatione bisontis» (English: «Song about the bison and his stature and fierceness and about hunting for the bison», Belarusian: «Песня пра зубра», written in Classic Latin, 1522).
«Nova et miranda victoria de Turcis mense Iulio» «New and famous victory over Turks in month of July» (1524, written in one day, under the impression from the victory of the folk militia over Turks by Trambaul[?] on July 2, 1524).
«Life and feats of St. Hyacynth» (about Polish Saint Hyacinth)

(1525).

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