Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich

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Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich (Belarusian: Вінцэнт (Вінцук) Дунін-Марцінкевіч; Polish: Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz; c.1808–1884). Writer, poet, dramatist, social activist, humanist. Founder of the modern Belarusian literary tradition. From the nobility of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (szlachta).

He wrote both in contemporary Belarusian and in Polish.

The most notable works:

• Opera "Sielanka" (Belarusian: "Ідылія", English: "Idyll"; 1846) — the first play, written partly in contemporary Belarusian language.
• Poem "Hapon" (Belarusian: "Гапон"; 1855) — the first poem, written completely in contemporary Belarusian language.
• Plays and poetry, some of them in contemporary Belarusian language (1855-1861), some of them being:
  • "Wieczernice i Opętany" (1856)
  • "Interested? Read it! Three tales and brief verse" (Polish: "Ciekawyś? Przeczytaj! Trzy powiastki i wierszyk ulotny"; 1857);
  • "Belarusian piper" (Polish: "Dudarz białoruski");
  • "Bylicy, raskazy Nawuma" (Belarusian: "Быліцы, расказы Навума"; not published);
  • "Chalimon na karanacji" (Belarusian: "Халімон на каранацыі"; not published);
  • "Lucynka czyli Szwedzi na Litwie" (1861);
• Play "Pinskaya shlyakhta" (Belarusian: "Пінская шляхта", English: "Pinsk nobility"; 1866)
• The first Belarusian translation of A. Mickiewicz's "Pan Tadeusz" (1859; published only partly, the circulation confiscated almost immediately).

Note: proper names and places’ names are rendered in BGN/PCGN.