Stefan Witwicki
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Stefan Witwicki (1801– 1847) was a Polish poet of the Romantic period.
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[edit] Life
From 1822 Witwicki worked in the Congress Kingdom's Government Commission on Religions and Education (Komisja Rządowa Wyznań i Oświaty).
In 1832 he emigrated of his own free will to Paris, France, where he became a friend of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz.
[edit] Works
Witwicki wrote:
- lyrics, including the popular Piosenki sielskie (Idyllic Songs, 1830), which have been set to music by Frédéric Chopin, Stanisław Moniuszko and others;
- a cycle of paraphrases, Poezje biblijne (Biblical Poems, 1830);
- a dramatic poem, Edmund (1829); and
- an encomium to traditionalism, in his prose writings, Wieczory pielgrzyma (A Pilgrim's Evenings, 1837–42; enlarged edition, 1844–45).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- "Witwicki, Stefan," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, vol. 4, 1976, p. 665.
