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    Jan Kochanowski (Polish: [ˈjan kɔxaˈnɔfskʲi]; 1530 – 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who wrote in Latin and Polish and established poetic...
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    by Jan Kochanowski and published in 1580. They are a high point of Polish Renaissance literature, and one of Kochanowski's signal achievements. Jan Kochanowski...
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    Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce (Polish: Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach), formerly Holy Cross Academy (Polish: Akademia Świętokrzyska)...
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    koronacji Henryka Walezego, 1861) and Jan Kochanowski over the body of his daughter Urszulka (Jan Kochanowski nad zwłokami Urszulki, 1862), which settled...
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  • and illustrator Jakub Kochanowski (born 1997), Polish volleyball player Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584), Polish poet Janusz Kochanowski (1940-2010), Polish...
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    his person ended the Tarnów line of the Tarnowski family clan. Poet Jan Kochanowski dedicated his poem Chess to him. Kasper Niesiecki,Polish Armorial -...
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    distinct hypotheses in the 19th century: that he was entirely invented by Jan Kochanowski and his colleagues; or that he was "perhaps a typical jester dressed...
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    David's Psalter (category Works by Jan Kochanowski)
    by Jan Kochanowski, the most prominent poet of the Polish Renaissance. It was printed in 1579 in Kraków, at the Lazarus printing house. Kochanowski, like...
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    Stańczyk (painting) (category Portraits by Jan Matejko)
    about Stańczyk in the 19th century: that he was entirely invented by Jan Kochanowski and his colleagues, that he was "perhaps a typical jester dressed by...
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  • de Sá de Miranda, wrote not only in Portuguese but also in Spanish. Jan Kochanowski wrote in Polish and in Latin, France Prešeren and Karel Hynek Mácha...
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    three-book collection of 294 short, merry poems by Jan Kochanowski. They were written mostly during Kochanowski's courtier period, in the 1560s and 1570s.: 187 ...
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    future Belarus on the initiative of the high school teacher Jan Kochanowski. In 1926 Kochanowski, together with his pupils, established a botanical garden...
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    The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys (category Works by Jan Kochanowski)
    Odprawa posłów greckich) is a tragedy written by Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski ca. 1565-66 and first published and performed in 1578. It recounts...
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  • ministers Beata Szydło and Józef Cyrankiewicz; renowned cultural figures Jan Kochanowski, Stanisław Lem, and Krzysztof Penderecki; and leading intellectuals...
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    Jan Kochanowski Park is a green area covering 3,15 ha, located in downtown Bydgoszcz, Poland. It is part of the "Music district in Bydgoszcz" (Polish:...
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    Elektrownia Helios cinema Hel (currently not functioning) Multikino cinema Jan Kochanowski Theatre Jacek Malczewski Museum Modern art museum Scouting Museum "Elektrownia"...
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  • (1505–1569) Mikołaj Rej (ca. 1525–1573) Piotr z Goniądza (1530–1584) Jan Kochanowski (1566–1636) Fabian Birkowski (1580–1653) Szymon Okolski (1651–1701)...
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    period. His contemporary and friend Jan Kochanowski became one of the greatest Polish poets of all time. Kochanowski was born in 1530 into a prosperous...
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    he received the post of the Grand Crown Chancellor. That year poet Jan Kochanowski dedicated his Odprawa Posłów Greckich, the first Polish tragedy, to...
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    "Threnody for Humanity" A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" Jan Kochanowski's "Laments" Yusef Komunyakaa's "Sunset Threnody" in Dien Cai Dau (1988)...
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    published 1800). Several of the short poems (Fraszki) of Polish poet Jan Kochanowski feature the linden. His "Na Lipę" ("To The Tilia Tree"), published...
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    in 1911-1912 in Art Nouveau style Socialist realist building of the Jan Kochanowski University (former regional headquarters of the Polish United Workers'...
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  • (1741–1825) Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1936) Maria Kazecka (1880–1938) Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (born 1954) Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750–1807) Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584)...
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    Polish literature were published, particularly those of Mikołaj Rey and Jan Kochanowski, and the Polish language became the lingua franca of East-Central Europe...
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    and poet Jan Kochanowski joined the royal court in 1563. It is uncertain whether Sigismund and Kochanowski were friends, however, Kochanowski's correspondence...
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    King of France and lifelong King of Poland. Personal coat of arms Jan Kochanowski, Gallo crocitanti (1576) Pierre Matthieu, La Guisiade (1589) George...
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    before the writings of the Polish Renaissance poets Mikołaj Rej and Jan Kochanowski (educated Poles had generally written in Latin); but it is known that...
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    (2015-12-31). Token: A Journal of English Linguistics (Volume 4). Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce. Little, Bert (Summer 1982). "Prison Lingo: A...
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    Leading Polish writers and poets Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584) Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693) Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801) Jan Potocki (1761–1815) Adam Mickiewicz...
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    family of writers. He was a son of Mikołaj Kochanowski and a nephew of Jan Kochanowski. He was born in 1566 in Sycyna. He is famous for his translations from...
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