Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (4 October 1750,

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– 25 August 1807, Końskowola) is considered to be one of the most distinguished Polish poets of the Polish sentimentalism in the

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period. He was a member of the Jesuit order since 1764, and after its suppression—a secretary of prince

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and teacher of his children. He was one of the first collectors of Belarusian folklore. His poem in Belarusian "Krosenki" ("Кросенкі") was sung by Belarusian farmers as a folk song.(Што адбывалася ў Беларусі і ў сьвеце 3 і 4 кастрычніка, Радыё Свабода, 4 кастрычніка 2004.)(in Belarusian)
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1750 births 1807 deaths Writers from Vitebsk 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian poets 18th-century Polish Jesuits {{Poland-poet-stub