Adam Mickiewicz

Adam Bernard Mickiewicz ([mit͡sˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ] (listen); 24 December 1798 – 26 November 1855) was a heavily influential national Polish Romantic poet, generally regarded as the greatest figure in Polish literature,^[1] especially known for his epic poem Pan Tadeusz. At the later phase of his life he was also a political activist, an ideologue and a Messianic philosopher who lectured Slavic languages at Collège de France.

Adam Mickiewicz
Born	Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (1798-12-24)24 December 1798 Zaosie, Lithuania Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	26 November 1855(1855-11-26) (aged 56) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Resting place	Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
Occupation	Poet
Language	Polish
Nationality	Polish
Period	19th
Genre	Romanticism
Notable works	Pan Tadeusz Dziady
Spouse	Celina Szymanowska (1834–55; six children; her death)
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Life

Early years

Adam Mickiewicz was born on 24 December 1798, either at his paternal uncle's estate in Zaosie (now Zavosse) near Navahrudak (in Polish, Nowogródek) or in Navahrudak itself in what was then part of the Russian Empire and is now Belarus.

Works

In many literary critics' opinion, Mickiewicz is among the most important writers such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Byron and Homer.^[1][2]

Lithuania, my country! You are as good health:
How much one should prize you, he only can tell
Who has lost you.