Józef Bohdan Zaleski (14 February 1802 in Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya – 31 March 1886 in

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, near Paris) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of

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, Zaleski founded the " Ukrainian poetic school."

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

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(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

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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 (Serbian folk songs). Three of his songs were set to music by Frédéric Chopin (see Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin). ; ''

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s'' * ''Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego'' (

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Kosiński, 1823) * ''Dumka Mazepy'' (

Mazepa Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (also spelled Mazeppa; uk, Іван Степанович Мазепа, pl, Jan Mazepa Kołodyński; ) was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687–1708. ...

) * ''Czajki'' ; Poems and lyrics * ''Duch od stepu'' (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem) * ''Jamby'' ( Iambs),

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poem * ''Przenajświętsza Rodzina'' (The Most Holy Family, 1839; published in ''Poezje''

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vol. 2, 1842), religious poem * ''Pyłki'' (Dust),

poem * ''Rojenia wiośniane'' — sung poem * ''Rusałki'' (1829) — fantasy poem * ''Śliczny chłopiec'' — sung poem * ''Śpiew poety'' (1823) — lyric * ''Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek'' — sung poem * ''Duch od stepu'' (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem) ; Collections * ''Pisma zbiorowe'' (Collected Writings, vols. 1–4, 1877) * ''Dzieła pośmiertne'' (Posthumous Works, vols. 1–2, 1891) * ''Korespondencja'' (Correspondence, vols. 1–5, 1900–04)

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* * * 1802 births 1886 deaths Polish male poets Polish fantasy writers Polish translators November Uprising participants Recipients of the Virtuti Militari Romantic poets Activists of the Great Emigration 19th-century translators 19th-century Polish poets 19th-century Polish male writers University of Warsaw alumni {{Poland-poet-stub

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