Franciszek Karpiński
Franciszek Karpiński (4 October 1741 – 16 September 1825) was the leading
Life
Karpiński was born in 1741 in Hołosków (Holoskiv) near Kolomyia and educated at Stanisławów (then the territory of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, now Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine). He attended university in Lwow, obtaining the title of Doctor of Philosophy. He spent a further eighteen months in Vienna, where he studied foreign languages. His first employment was as tutor in the magnate courts.
In 1780, his first volume of poetry came to the attention of the powerful
Between 1785 and 1818 he worked as a tutor to the
Several of his poems make romantic references to one "Justina"; for this he was known as "Justina's lover" during his lifetime.[3] Some speculate he nicknamed all of his loves Justina, and that he referred to at least three different women by this name.
In 1818, he retired to a manor near Wołkowysk (now Vawkavysk in Belarus), where he wrote his memoirs. He died on 16 September 1825.
Franciszek Karpiński is buried in Łysków (currently Lyskava in Pruzhany District, Belarus).[4]
See also
- Enlightenment in Poland
- Polish poetry
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-925340-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4067-6295-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-04477-7.
- ^ Grób Franciszka Karpińskiego | Łysków
External links
- List of works (in Polish)