Jan Kochanowski
Polish Renaissance poet (1530-1584) · Writers · Died at 54
Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who wrote in Latin and Polish and established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language. He has been called the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz and one of the most influential Slavic poets prior to the 19th century.
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![Jan Zamoyski visits Czarnolas, by Karol Miller [pl], 1878](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Karol_Miller_-_Odwiedziny_w_Czarnolesie_1878.jpg/1280px-Karol_Miller_-_Odwiedziny_w_Czarnolesie_1878.jpg)
Jan Zamoyski visits Czarnolas, by Karol Miller [pl], 1878
Death of Jan Kochanowski, by Feliks Sypniewski, 1884
The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys, 1578 first edition
Jan Kochanowski and His Deceased Daughter Ursula, by Jan Matejko, 1862
Apotheosis of Kochanowski, by Henryka Beyer, 1830
Monument to Kochanowski at the Jan Kochanowski Museum in Czarnolas
