Stefan Witwicki (September 13, 1801April 15, 1847) was a Polish poet of the Romantic period.

Life

From 1822 Witwicki worked in the

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'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 Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...

. He was a friend of

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

, who dedicated his Mazurkas, Op. 41 to him, and who also set ten of his texts as

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Works

Witwicki wrote: * lyrics, including the popular ''Piosenki sielskie'' (Idyllic Songs, 1830), which have been set to music by

(see Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin),

Stanisław Moniuszko Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuania ...

and others; *a cycle of

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s, ''Poezje biblijne'' (Biblical Poems, 1830); *a dramatic poem, ''Edmund'' (1829); and *an

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to traditionalism, in his

prose Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions of formal academic writing. It differs from most traditional poetry, where the f ...

writings, ''Wieczory pielgrzyma'' (A Pilgrim's Evenings, 1837–42; enlarged edition, 1844–45).

References

*"Witwicki, Stefan," ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), Warsaw,

Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (''Polish Scientific Publishers PWN''; until 1991 ''Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe'' - ''National Scientific Publishers PWN'', PWN) is a Polish book publisher, founded in 1951, when it split from the Wydawnictwa Szkolne i P ...

, vol. 4, 1976, p. 665. 1801 births 1847 deaths Polish poets 19th-century Polish poets {{Poland-poet-stub

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