- Andrzej Zbylitowski
Andrzej Zbylitowski ("ca." 1565 – "ca." 1608) was a Polish
poet , author of occasional poems,panegyric s andnarrative poetry works. He was a continuator ofJan Kochanowski traditions of territorial poetry.Biography
Andrzej Zbylitowski was born "ca." 1565, probably in
Zagórzyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , as a son of Stanisław and Jadwiga Rożnówna, and also a first cousin ofPiotr Zbylitowski . After he finished studies abroad, he back to the country, and in 1585 became acourtier on the royal court ofStefan Batory , and later ofZygmunt III Waza . In 1592 he became a Master of the Pantry of the Crown ( _pl. stolnik nadworny). In his political views, he was a follower ofJan Zamoyski . As a political poet known for his surname, he became popular during the "sejm " in the years of 1590–1591. Zbylitowski was a very productive court poet, his most notable political works includes 1587 welcoming writing for Zygmunt III Waza who was back toRzeczpospolita , congratulatory poem forBattle of Byczyna "O zwycięstwie osiągniętym w r. 1588", today unknown poem forAnna of Finland "Pisanie satyrów puszcz litewskich... o łowach w Białobieżach" (1589), "Epithalamium na wesele... Zygmuntowi III i arcyksiężnie JM rakuskiej Annie" (1592) and 1595genethliacon for the occasion of princeWładysław baptism. In 1593 Zbylitowski travelled toSweden with companion of Zygmunt III Waza, and depicted that travel in poem "Droga do Szwecyjej namożniejszego w północnych krainach Pana, Zygmunta III, polskiego i szwedzkiego króla, odprawiona w roku 1594", published later in 1597 by Jakub Siebeneicher. In "ca." 1597 he settled inZbylitowska Góra where he wrote two rural poems: "Żywot szlachcica we wsi" (1597) and "Wieśniak" (1600).He died "ca." 1608.
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title = Zbylitowski Andrzej
work =Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url = http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000857
language = Polish
publisher = Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
accessdate = 2008-02-13
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title = Zbylitowski Andrzej
work =WIEM Encyklopedia
url = http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/48818,,,,zbylitowski_andrzej,haslo.html
language = Polish
accessdate = 2008-02-13
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accessdate = 2008-02-13
language = Polish
title = Poemat Andrzeja Zbylitowskiego o wyprawie Zygmunta III do Szwecji w 1594 roku wydany w 1597 roku
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