Aleksander Borejko Chodźko (30 August 1804 – 27 December 1891) was a Polish poet,

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, and

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Early life

He was born in Krzywicze, in the

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of the

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(present-day

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) and attended the Imperial University of Vilnius. He was a member of the Filaret Association and the Institute of Oriental Studies that was attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

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Career

From 1830 until 1844 he worked as a Russian diplomat in

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. From 1852 until 1855 he worked for the French Foreign Ministry in Paris. He succeeded

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in the chair of

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and literatures in the

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, holding the post from 1857 until 1883. He was a member of the

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of Great Britain and Ireland and the

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Partial bibliography

Persia

* ''Popular Poetry of Persia''. Specimens of the popular poetry of Persia, orally collected and translated with philological and historical notes. London: Oriental Translation Fund, 1842. * ''Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia''. London, 1842. * ''Theatre persan''. Paris, 1878. * ''Le Deisme des ti'ahhabis'' in the Journal Asiatique, series iv. vol. xi. pp. 168. * ''The Chodzko Collection''. 33 scripts collected Chodźko preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris. Also known as ''The Islamic Drama'' by Jamshid Malekpour.

Slav

* Polish-English and English-Polish Dictionary (1851) * ''Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen''. London. (Translated by Emily J. Harding) * ''The Twelve Months: A Slav Legend'' appeared in ''Good Stories for Great Holidays'', by Frances J. Olcott (2006 BiblioBazaar, LLC) * ''Les chants historiques de l'Ukraine'' (Paris; reprinted by Bibliolife, 2008). 284 pp.

Ballads and poems

* Ballad ''Maliny'' * ''Poezye'' Alex. St. Petersburg, 1828 (2nd edition, Poznan, 1833).

References

External links

* * * * * * ''Alexander Chodzko as the forerunner of unveiling the Azerbaijani culture in the west'', par Ihar Lalkoŭ, М.А., History, Center for East European Studies,

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Genealogy
1804 births 1891 deaths People from Myadzyel district People from Vileysky Uyezd Polish Iranologists Kurdologists Vilnius University alumni Academic staff of the Collège de France People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent Russian expatriates in Iran {{Poland-writer-stub