Antoni Edward Odyniec

Antoni Edward Odyniec

Antoni Edward Odyniec (January 25, 1804January 15, 1885) was a Polish Romantic-era poet who penned the celebrated "Song of the Filaretes".

Himself a mediocre imitator of his friend Adam Mickiewicz, Odyniec made his mark as a translator of works by distinguished writers, including Walter Scott, Byron, Friedrich Schiller and Pushkin; also, as an organizer of the literary scene, and as the author of colorful memoirs that described the private lives of great writers, especially Mickiewicz. ["Odyniec, Antoni Edward," "Encyklopedia Polski", pp. 456–57.]

Life

Odyniec was born in Giejstuny, Oszmiana County, now in Lithuania.

Odyniec was an alumnus of Wilno University, where he was a member of the Filaret Association and a defendant, along with Mickiewicz and others, in the 1824 trial of Association members. ["Encyklopedia powszechna PWN", vol. 3, p. 349 (hereinafter "PWN").]

In 1825 he published his first collection of short works. In 1826–29 he was active in Warsaw.

In 1829–30 he accompanied his fellow poet and ex-"Filaret" Adam Mickiewicz on a tour of Germany, Italy and Switzerland, recounted in somewhat embroidered "Listy z podróży" (Travel Letters), 4 vols., 1875–78. [PWN.]

In 1831 Odyniec settled in Dresden, in Saxony, where he translated works by Walter Scott, Byron and Thomas Moore, co-edited a "Library of Polish Classics," and wrote for "Przyjaciel Ludu" (The Friend of the People), published in Leszno.

In 1837 he returned to Wilno (Vilnius), where he edited Gluksberg's "Encyklopedia Powszechna" (Universal Encyclopedia) and, in 1840–63, "Kurier Wileński" (The Wilno Courier).

In 1866 Odyniec returned to Warsaw, where he edited "Kurier Warszawski" (The Warsaw Courier) and published in "Kronika Rodzinna" (The Family Chronicle) his "Travel Letters" and "Remembrances of the Past, As Told to Deotyma".He died in Warsaw in 1885.

He penned ballads, songs and legends, published in "Poezje" (Poems, 2 vols., 1825–26); dramatic works, including "Barbara Radziwiłłówna" (1858); translations of works by Gottfried August Bürger, Byron, Walter Scott (3 vols., 1838–44); and "Wspomnienia z przeszłości opowiadane Deotymie" (Remembrances of the Past, As Told to Deotyma, 1884). [PWN.]

ee also

*List of Poles
*Filaret Association

Notes

References

*"Odyniec, Antoni Edward," "Encyklopedia Polski", ISBN 83-86328-60-6, pp. 456–57.
*"Odyniec, Antoni Edward," "Encyklopedia powszechna PWN" (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 3, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1975, p. 349.
*Jan Zygmunt Jakubowski, ed., "Literatura polska od średniowiecza do pozytywizmu" (Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to Positivism), Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1979, ISBN 83-01-00201-8.


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