Józef Bohdan Zaleski (14 February 1802 – 31 March 1886) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of

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. He also largely influenced Ukra ...

, 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 The November Uprising (1830–31) (), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in Russian Partition, the heartland of Partitions of Poland, partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. ...

(1830–1831); a deputy of the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

(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''.

Works

Zaleski was associated with

Romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...

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 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 Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...

(see Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin). ; ''

Duma A duma () is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were formed across Russia ...

s'' * ''Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego'' ( Dumka of

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Kosiński, 1823) * ''Dumka Mazepy'' ( Mazepa's Dumka) * ''Czajki'' ; Poems and lyrics * ''Duch od stepu'' (The Spirit from the

Steppe In physical geography, a steppe () is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. Steppe biomes may include: * the montane grasslands and shrublands biome * the tropical and subtropica ...

, 1841 poem) * ''Jamby'' ( Iambs), aphoristic poem * ''Przenajświętsza Rodzina'' (The Most Holy Family, 1839; published in ''Poezje'' oems vol. 2, 1842), religious poem * ''Pyłki'' (Dust), aphoristic 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

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

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