Piotr Zbylitowski was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

. Courtier

Courtier

A courtier is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together...

 of Stanisław Górka and Stanisław Czarnkowski. In his satirical dialogues—Rozmowa szlachcica polskiego z cudzoziemcem (1600), Przygana wymyślnym strojom białogłowskim (1600), Schadzka ziemiańska (1605)—he often critizies some customs of the Polish nobility, mainly drunkenness, quietism, luxury and disappearance of knight's spirit. He was a first cousin of Andrzej Zbylitowski

Andrzej Zbylitowski

Andrzej Zbylitowski was a Polish poet, author of occasional poems, panegyrics and narrative poetry works. He was a continuator of Jan Kochanowski traditions of territorial poetry.-Biography:...

Biography

Piotr Zbylitowski was born on November 19, 1569. In 1585 he became a courtier on the court of Stanisław Górka, and in 1592 on the court of Stanisław Czarnkowski. In 1605 he settled in Marcinkowice

Marcinkowice

Marcinkowice may refer to the following places in Poland:*Marcinkowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Marcinkowice, Miechów County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship...

. Since 1633 district judge deputy and since 1645 district judge

District Judge

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  of Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

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He died in 1649.

Notable works

Dialogues

• Rozmowa szlachcica polskiego z cudzoziemcem (1600)
• Przygana wymyślnym strojom białogłowskim (1600)
• Schadzka ziemiańska (1605)