Konrad Wallenrod, published in 1828, is a famous work by the great Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz. Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (December 24, 1798 – November 26, 1855) was one of the most well-known Polish poets and writers, considered as the greatest Polish poet, besides Zygmunt Krasiński and Juliusz Słowacki. ...
In 1828 appeared his KonradWallenrod, a narrative poem describing the battles of knights of the Teutonic Order with the heathen Lithuanians.
Besides KonradWallenrod and Pan Tadeusz, attention may be called to the poem Grażyna, which describes the adventures of a Lithuanian chieftainess against the Teutonic knights.
It is said by Ostrowski to have inspired the brave Emilia Plater, who was the heroine of the rebellion of 1830, and after having fought in the ranks of the insurgents, found a grave in the forests of Lithuania.
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski (he was to use only his third given name), the only son of Apollo and Ewa, was born in Berdyczów (now Berdychiv) on 3 December 1857.
Konrad's maternal uncle, Tadeusz Bobrowski, became his guardian and benefactor.
Konrad was first educated by his father; a sickly boy, he never regularly attended schools, but couched by tutors passed his formal exams first in Cracow, later in Lviv.
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