Stefan Witwicki

Stefan Witwicki (September 13, 1801 – April 15, 1847) was a Polish poet of the Romantic period.

Life

From 1822 Witwicki worked in the Congress Poland's Government Commission on Religions and Education (Komisja Rządowa Wyznań i Oświaty).

In 1832 he emigrated of his own free will to Paris, France, where he became a friend of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz.

He was a friend of

Works

Witwicki wrote:

• Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin), Stanisław Moniuszko
  and others;
• a cycle of paraphrases, Poezje biblijne (Biblical Poems, 1830);
• a
  dramatic poem
  , Edmund (1829); and
• an encomium to traditionalism, in his prose writings, Wieczory pielgrzyma (A Pilgrim's Evenings, 1837–42; enlarged edition, 1844–45).

See also

• List of Poles

References

• "Witwicki, Stefan," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), Warsaw,
  Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
  , vol. 4, 1976, p. 665.

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