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Mickiewicz, Adam
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Polish poet, born in Lithuania, of a noble family; in 1822 published at Kovno a collection of poems instinct with patriotic feeling; was exiled into the interior of Russia, in 1824, for secret intrigues in the interest of his nation; while there published three epics, conceived in the same patriotic spirit; left Russia in 1829 for Italy by way of Germany; was warmly welcomed by Goethe in passing; in 1834 published his great poem "Sir Thaddeus," and in 1840 was appointed to a professorship of Polish Literature in Paris, where to the last he laboured for his country; died at Constantinople, whence his bones were transferred to lie beside those of Kosciusko at Cracow (1798-1855).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mickiewicz, Adam'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mickiewicz-adam.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mickiewicz, Adam'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/m/mickiewicz-adam.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
