Stanisław Trembecki (8 May 1739 – 12 December 1812) was a

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poet and translator, well known for his poems ''Na dzień siódmy września'' and ''Nadgrobek hajduka'' that are said to have started a new trend in Polish political lyric poetry. He was also the poet laureate in the court of

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, now in Ukraine. Trembecki wrote odes, fables, and

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poems in additional to his classical style poetry praising kings and other nobility. He also translated

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and

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. Trembecki was known as a drunk and a

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and fought a number of duels throughout Europe. In his writings, Polish poet Apollo Korzeniowski recalls an episode where an obscure

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poet, Wojciech (Adalbert) Mier, won Trembecki's translation of the fourth song of

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's ''

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'' in a game of cards, which Mier then published under his own name.

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Stanisław Trembecki in Virtual Library of Polish Literature
1739 births 1812 deaths People from Pińczów County Polish male writers {{Poland-writer-stub