Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (pronounced: [mit͡sˈkɛvit͡ʂ] ( listen); in Russian Адам Мицкевич, in Belarusian, Адам Міцкевіч; in Lithuanian, Adomas Bernardas Mickevičius; December 24, 1798 – November 26, 1855) was a Polish-Lithuanian Romantic poet. He was one of Poland's Three Bards, along with Zygmunt Krasiński and Juliusz Słowacki.
Mickiewicz is also considered the greatest Slavic poet, alongside Alexander Pushkin, and a leading author of the Roman...
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Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (pronounced: [mit͡sˈkɛvit͡ʂ] ( listen); in Russian Адам Мицкевич, in Belarusian, Адам Міцкевіч; in Lithuanian, Adomas Bernardas Mickevičius; December 24, 1798 – November 26, 1855) was a Polish-Lithuanian Romantic poet. He was one of Poland's Three Bards, along with Zygmunt Krasiński and Juliusz Słowacki.
Mickiewicz is also considered the greatest Slavic poet, alongside Alexander Pushkin, and a leading author of the Romantic school.
Adam Mickiewicz was born at his uncle's estate in Zaosie, near Nowogródek in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). His father Mikołaj Mickiewicz was a member of the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and bore the hereditary Poraj coat-of-arms.
Mickiewicz enrolled at the Imperial University of Vilna. His personality and later works were greatly influenced by his four years of living and studying in Vilnius. He took a strong interest in Polish and Lithuanian history, which later became important themes in his poetry. In...
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