Józef Bohdan Zaleski

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Józef Bohdan Zaleski.  Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans.
Józef Bohdan Zaleski. Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans.

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.

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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)

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Persondata
NAME Zaleski, Józef Bohdan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
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