Polish poetry
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Polish poetry has a centuries old history, similar to the Polish literature
.
Three most famous Polish poets are known as the Three Bards
: Adam Mickiewicz
(1798-1855), Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849) and Zygmunt Krasiński
(1812-1859).
There have been two Polish poets who were Nobel Prize laureates in literature
: Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska.
Polish literature
Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages, used in Poland over the centuries, have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Yiddish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German and...
.
Three most famous Polish poets are known as the Three Bards
Three Bards
The Three Bards are the national poets of Polish Romantic literature. They lived and worked in exile during the partitions of Poland which ended the existence of the Polish sovereign state...
: Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz ) was a Polish poet, publisher and political writer of the Romantic period. One of the primary representatives of the Polish Romanticism era, a national poet of Poland, he is seen as one of Poland's Three Bards and the greatest poet in all of Polish literature...
(1798-1855), Juliusz Słowacki (1809-1849) and Zygmunt Krasiński
Zygmunt Krasinski
Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Ludwig Zygmunt Krasiński , a Polish count, is traditionally ranked with Mickiewicz and Słowacki as one of Poland's Three National Bards — the trio of great Romantic poets who influenced national consciousness during the period of Poland's political bondage.-Life and...
(1812-1859).
There have been two Polish poets who were Nobel Prize laureates in literature
Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
: Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska.
See also
- List of famous Polish poems
- List of Polish language poets
- SkamanderSkamanderSkamander was a Polish group of experimental poets founded in 1918 by Julian Tuwim, Antoni Słonimski, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Kazimierz Wierzyński and Jan Lechoń....
- Sung poetrySung poetrySung poetry is a broad and imprecise music genre widespread in Eastern European countries, such as Poland and the Baltic States, to describe songs consisting of a poem and music written specially for that text. The compositions usually feature a delicate melody and scarce musical background, often...
External links
- Selected Masterpieces of Polish Poetry in English ISBN 978-1419679995.