Józef Bohdan Zaleski

Józef Bohdan Zaleski (Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya, February 14, 1802 – March 31, 1886, Villepreux, near Paris) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the "Ukrainian poetic school."

Life

Zaleski was a member of the secret patriotic organisation Związek Wolnych Polaków (1821); a participant of the November Uprising (1830–1831); a deputy of the Sejm (during the November Uprising 1830–1831); the co-founder (with Mickiewicz) of the religious brotherhood Towarzystwo Braci Zjednoczonych; and co-editor of a magazine, "Nowa Polska".

Works

Zaleski was associated with Romanticism and sentimentalism. He was the author of popular historical dumas (in which he refers to Ukrainian folklore); love and reflective lyrics inspired by folk poetry; religious poetry; as well as fantasy poems, sung poems, aphoristic poems, memoirs, translations (Serbian folk songs).Some of his songs were set to music by Fryderyk Chopin.

; "Dumas"
* "Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego" (Dumka of Hetman Kosiński, 1823)
* "Dumka Mazepy" (Mazepa's Dumka)
* "Czajki"

; Poems and lyrics
* "Duch od stepu" (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem)
* "Jamby" (Iambs), aphoristic poem
* "Przenajświętsza Rodzina" (The Most Holy Family, 1839; published in "Poezje" [Poems] , vol. 2, 1842), religious poem
* "Pyłki" (Dust), aphoristic poem
* "Rojenia wiośniane" — sung poem
* "Rusałki" (1829) — fantasy poem
* "Śliczny chłopiec" — sung poem
* "Śpiew poety" (1823) — lyric
* "Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek" — sung poem

; Collections
* "Pisma zbiorowe" (Collected Writings, vols. 1–4, 1877)
* "Dzieła pośmiertne" (Posthumous Works, vols. 1–2, 1891)
* "Korespondencja" (Correspondence, vols. 1–5, 1900–04)

ee also

*List of Poles

References

* cite web
title=Zaleski Józef Bohdan
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000060
accessdate=2007-09-22
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
* cite web
title=Zaleski Józef Bohdan
work=WIEM Encyclopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/66050,,,,zaleski_jozef_bohdan,haslo.html
accessdate=2007-09-22
language=Polish
*

Persondata
NAME=Zaleski, Józef Bohdan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=poet
DATE OF BIRTH=February 14, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya, Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH=March 31, 1886
PLACE OF DEATH=Villepreux near the Paris, France