Franciszek Bohomolec, S.J.,
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(29 January 1720 – 24 April 1784), writing pseudonymously as: ''Daniel Bobinson, Dzisiejkiewicz, F. B., F. B. S. J., Galantecki, J. U. P. Z., Jeden Zakonnik S. J., Jeden Zakonnik Societatis Jesu, Lubożoński, Ludziolubski, M. Z. S. W., Murmiłowski, N. N., N** N***, Ochotnicki, Odziański, Pokutnicki, Pośrzednicki, Poznajewski, Prożniak nie Tęskniący, Staroświat, Śmiałecki, Szkolnicki, Theosebes, Ucziwski'', was a Polish
Jesuit
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teacher, writer, poet, satirist, social commentator, linguist, translator,
dramatist
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Etymology
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and theatrical reformer who was one of the principal playwrights of the
Polish Enlightenment
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. After the
Suppression of the Society of Jesus
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, he continued his usual work and in addition became an editor, publisher and printer.
After completing his studies for the
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priesthood and ordination in
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, he spent two years studying
rhetoric
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in Rome. Bohomolec returned to
Warsaw
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to teach. As well as teaching poetry, he began to adapt the comedies of
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and
Molière
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for performance by his pupils. His early works satirized the ignorance and folly of the Polish aristocracy. His later plays reached a wider public. They included ''Małżeństwo z kalendarza'' ("Marriage by the Calendar", 1766), which ridicules ignorance and superstition and is usually considered his best work, and ''Czary'' ("Sorcery", 1775), which also satirises superstition. ''Pan dobry'' ("The Good Landowner", 1967) is a social commentary on the relationship between peasants and the gentry. Bohomolec was an