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Jan Kochanowski

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born

in Sycyna, Poland

May 27, 1530

died

August 22, 1584

gender

male

genre

Poetry

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Kochanowski was born at Sycyna, near Radom, Poland. Little is known of his early education. At fourteen, fluent in Latin, he was sent to the Kraków Academy. After graduation in 1547 at age seventeen, he attended the University of Königsberg (Królewiec), in Ducal Prussia, and Padua University in Italy. At Padua, Kochanowski came in contact with the great humanist scholar Francis Robortello. Kochanowski closed his fifteen-year period of studies and travels with a final visit to France, where he met the poet Pierre Ronsard.

In 1559 Kochanowski returned to Poland for good, where he remained active as a humanist and Renaissance poet. He spent the next fifteen years close to the court of King Sigismund II Augustus, serving for a time as royal secr...more

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	Treny 3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1580 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odprawa posłów greckich 2.29 of 5 stars 2.29 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1578 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fraszki, pieśni, treny 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pieśni 3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Threnodies, and the Dismissal of the Greek Envoys by Jan Kochanowski, Barry Keane (Translator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dzbanie mój pisany 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antologia Poezji Staropolskiej by Jan Kochanowski, Mikołaj Sęp-Szarzyński, Wacław Potocki 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Złota księga wierszy polskich by Jan Kochanowski, Jan Lechoń, Stanisław Czycz 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psaterz Dawidow 2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Cieszy mię ten rym: „Polak mądr po szkodzie”;
Lecz jeśli prawda i z tego nas zbodzie,
Nową przypowieść Polak sobie kupi,
Że i przed szkodą, i po szkodzie głupi.”
― Jan Kochanowski

tags: poles, stupidity, wisdom

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