Józef Bohdan Zaleski
Józef Bohdan Zaleski (Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya, February 14, 1802 – March 31, 1886, Villepreux, near Paris) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the "Ukrainian poetic school."
Life
Zaleski was a member of the secret patriotic organisation Związek Wolnych Polaków (1821); a participant of the November Uprising (1830–1831); a deputy of the Sejm (during the November Uprising 1830–1831); the co-founder (with Mickiewicz) of the religious brotherhood Towarzystwo Braci Zjednoczonych; and co-editor of a magazine, Nowa Polska.
Works
Zaleski was associated with Romanticism and sentimentalism. He was the author of popular historical dumas (in which he refers to Ukrainian folklore); love and reflective lyrics inspired by folk poetry; religious poetry; as well as fantasy poems, sung poems, aphoristic poems, memoirs, translations (Serbian folk songs). Three of his songs were set to music by Frédéric Chopin (see Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin).
- Poems and lyrics
- Duch od stepu (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem)
- Jamby (Iambs), aphoristic poem
- Przenajświętsza Rodzina (The Most Holy Family, 1839; published in Poezje [Poems], vol. 2, 1842), religious poem
- Pyłki (Dust), aphoristic poem
- Rojenia wiośniane — sung poem
- Rusałki (1829) — fantasy poem
- Śliczny chłopiec — sung poem
- Śpiew poety (1823) — lyric
- Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek — sung poem
- Duch od stepu (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem)
- Collections
- Pisma zbiorowe (Collected Writings, vols. 1–4, 1877)
- Dzieła pośmiertne (Posthumous Works, vols. 1–2, 1891)
- Korespondencja (Correspondence, vols. 1–5, 1900–04)
See also
References
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- "Zaleski Józef Bohdan". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- "Zaleski Józef Bohdan". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-09-22.
- "Zaleski Józef Bohdan". Nowa encyklopedia powszechna PWN (in Polish) 6 (1 ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1997. p. 970. ISBN 83-01-11969-1.
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