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Encyclopedia > Wladyslaw Syrokomla

Władysław Syrokomla was a pseudonym of Ludwik Władysław Kondratowicz (1823-1862), a Polish poet, writer and translator. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...


Syrokomla was born September 29, 1823 in the village of Smolhów in what is now Belarus, to an empoverished szlachta family. Between 1833 and 1837 he attended the prestigious schools in Nieśwież and Nowogródek, but had to give up his studies due to financial problems. After that he started to work as a clerk in the Radziwiłł family lands manager's office. September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Szlachta ( pronounced: [ʃlaxta]) was the noble class in Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ( Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Navahradak (Нава́градак in Belarusian; Russian: Novogrudok, Polish: Nowogródek; Lithuanian: Naugardukas) is a Belarusian city with an old history, the first capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...


In 1844 he published the first of his poems under the pen-name Władysław Syrokomla, coined after the coat of arms of his family. The same year he also rented a small village of Załucze. In 1853 he sold it and rented the village of Borejkowszczyzna near Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania). There he became one of the authors of the Kurier Wileński, the biggest and the most prestigious daily newspaper published in the area of Wilno. In his prose he supported the liberation of peasants and secession of the lands of former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the Imperial Russia that annexed them in the effect of the Partitions of Poland. For taking part in various anti-tsarist demonstrations in 1861 he was arrested by the Okhrana and then sentenced to home arrest in his manor in Borejkowszczyzna. He died September 15, 1862. He was buried in the Rossa Cemetery in Wilno. 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Syrokomla - is a Polish Coat of Arms. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Vilnius Old Town Vilnius (sometimes Vilna; Polish Wilno, Belarusian Вільня, Russian Вильнюс, see also Cities alternative names) is the capital city of Lithuania. ... Categories: 1911 Britannica | Historical stubs | Feudalism ... Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... The Partitions of Poland ( Polish Rozbiór or Rozbiory Polski) happened in the 18th century and ended the existence of a sovereign state of Poland (or more correctly the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Okhranka were the secret police of the Russian Empire. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1862 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Rossa Cemetery (Lit. ...


Among the most notable of his works are translations of various Russian, French, Ukrainian, German and Latin poets, including works by Goethe, Heine, Lermontov, Shevchenko, Nekrasov, Béranger and others. Ever since his translations are considered one of the best pieces of translated poetry in the history of the Polish language. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ... Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (December 13, 1797 - February 17, 1856) was one of the most significant German romantic poets. ... Mikhail Lermontov in 1837 Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), (October 15, 1814–July 27, 1841), a Russian writer, sometimes called the poet of the Caucasus, was the most important presence in the Russian poetry since Alexander Pushkins death until his own death in duel at the age of... Taras Shevchenko, self portrait Taras Hryhorovich Shevchenko, Тарас Григорович Шевченко (March 9, 1814 - March 10, 1861), Ukrainian poet, artist, and humanist. ... Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov (November 28, 1821 - January 8, 1878 {O.S.: December 28, 1877}) was a Russian poet, best remembered as the long standing publisher of Современник (The Contemporary) (from 1846 until July 1866, when the journal was shut down by the government in connection with the arrest of its... Pierre-Jean de Béranger (August 19, 1780 - July 16, 1857), was a French songwriter. ... Polish (polski, język polski) is the official language of Poland. ...


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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Polish Literature (5011 words)
Vincent Pol continued to write; "The Senatorial Agreement" and "Mohort" came from his pen during this period.
Syrokomla, an author resembling Pol in simplicity and originality of tone, was decidedly his inferior in other respects.
Lenartowicz, too, still wrote with much talent, but, like Pol and Zaleski, with a certain monotony of diction and ideas.
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