Sebastian Klonowic

Sebastian Fabian Klonowic (1545 Sulmierzyce – 29 August 1602 Lublin), alternatively known by his Latin epithet Acernus, was a Polish poet, composer and mayor of Lublin.

Sebastian Fabian Klonowic
Death of Acernus by Wilhelm Leopolski, 1867
Born	1545 (1545) Sulmierzyce, Poland
Died	29 August 1602(1602-08-29) (aged 56–57) Lublin, Poland
Pen name	Acernus
Occupation	poet, composer
Language	Polish, Latin
Nationality	Polish

Biography

He studied at the University of Kraków. He wrote in both Polish and Latin.^[1] Klonowic first lived in Lwów, then he settled in Lublin. While in Lublin, he became mayor.

House of Sebastian Klonowic in Lublin

Klonowic was critical of the Jesuit Order and voiced his opposition in Latin. He did not shy away from directly labmbasting the Order in his works. His Latin poems were filled with Latinized Polish words, and on the other hand his Polish poems were often made unintelligible by the use of Latinisms and Hellenisms literally translated. He lived his last years on the charity of the Jesuits.^[1]

Famous works

• Roxolania (1584) — a description the people and land of Ruthenia
• Flis, to Jest Spuszczanie Statków Wisłą (1595) — an early example of the Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry, exceptional for its length
• Worek Judaszów (1600)
• Victoria Deorum (1587)
• Żale nagrobne na ślachetnie urodzonego Pana Jana Kochanowskiego
• Gorais
• Hebdomas, to jest Siedem tegodniowych piosnek wyjętych z pierwszych Ksiąg Moiżeszowych kapituły pierwszej, co którego dnia Pan Bóg stworzył i jako siódmego dnia odpoczynął, krótko zebranych przez Sebastyjana Klonowica z Sulimierzyc, pisarza ławicy lubelskiej (1581) — songs