Juliusz Słowacki

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Juliusz Słowacki

Juliusz Słowacki , Herb Leliwa [ ˈjuljuʂ swɔˈvat͡ski ] (born September 4, 1809 in Krzemieniec , Volhynia ; † April 3, 1849 in Paris ) is considered one of the Three Bards , the national poet of Poland , one of the most important representatives of Polish Romanticism and a father of modern Polish drama. His best-known works are the two dramas Kordian (1833) and Balladyna (1835) as well as the two lyrical verses Testament mój (1839/40) and Beniowski (1841–46).

Life

Juliusz Słowacki was born on September 4, 1809 in Krzemieniec as part of a Polish noble family in Herb Leliwa . His father Euzebiusz Słowacki taught rhetoric , poetry , the Polish language and literary history at the Krzemeniec Lyceum. From 1811 he held the chair for rhetoric and poetry at the Imperial University in Vilnius .

After studying at the University of Vilnius , he emigrated to Paris, where he created his great dramas and lyrical epics . His works often show elements of Slavic mythology , Polish history , mysticism and orientalism . His writing style is also characterized by the use of neologism and irony . His main literary genre was literary drama, but he also wrote numerous lyric verses.

His remains were buried in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow . The Juliusza Słowackiego Park in Wroclaw is named after him.

Works

Dramas (sorted alphabetically)

  • Balladyna (1835, published 1839, first performed 1862)
  • Fantazy (1841, published 1866, first performed 1867)
  • Horsztyński (1835, published 1866, premiered 1871)
  • Kordian (1833, published 1834, first performed 1899)
  • Ksiądz Marek (1843, published 1843, premiered 1901)
  • Książę niezłomny (1843, published 1844, premiered 1874)
  • Lilla Weneda (1839, published 1840, first performed 1863)
  • Maria Stuart (1830, first performed 1862)
  • Mazepa (1839, published 1840, first performed in Hungarian 1847, first performed in Polish 1851)
  • Sen srebny Salomei (1843, published 1844, first performed 1900)
  • Samuel Zborowski (1845, published 1903, first performed 1911)

Versepos (sorted alphabetically)

  • Anhelli (1838)
  • Arab (1830)
  • Lambro, powstańca grecki (1833)
  • Beniowski (1841-1846)
  • Genezis z Ducha (1844)
  • Godzina myśli (1832-1833)
  • Hugo. Powieść krzyżacka (1830)
  • Król-Duch (published in parts in 1847, entirely in 1925)
  • Ojciec zadżumionych (1838)
  • Podróż do ziemi świętej (1866)
  • Testament mój (1839-1840)
  • W Szwajcarii (1835, published 1839)
  • Waclaw (1838)

literature

  • A. Kowalczykowa: Słowacki. Warsaw 1994.
  • S. Makowski: Juliusz Słowacki. Warszawa 1980.
  • I. Opacki: Ewangelija "i" nieszczęście ". In: Poezja romantycznych przełomów. Warszawa 1972.
  • M. Piwińska: Juliusz Słowacki od duchów. Warsaw 1992.
  • Słowacki mistyczny. Propozycje i dyskusje. Sympozjum, Warszawa 10-11 grudnia 1979. red. M. Janion i M. Żmigrodzka, Warszawa 1981.
  • S. Treugutt: Beniowski . Kryzys indywidualizmu romantycznego, Warszawa 1964.
  • A. Witkowska: Juliusz Słowacki. [in:] A. Witkowska, R. Przybylski, Romantyzm, Warszawa 1997.
  • Cz. Zgorzelski: Liryka w pełni romantyczna. Warsaw 1976.
  • Manfred Kridl : The lyric poems of Juliusz Slowacki , 's-Gravenhage: Mouton, 1958

Web links

Commons : Juliusz Słowacki  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stanislaw Makowski, Zbigniew Sudolski: W kręgu rodziny i przyjaciół Słowackiego: Szkice i materiały. Państw. Instytut Wydawn 1967, p. 310. Accessed February 10, 2011. (Polish)
  2. ↑ Franciszek Ziejka: Z MONTMARTRE NA WAWEL: W 200. rocznicę urodzin i 160. rocznicę śmierci Juliusza Słowackiego. In: Alma Mater. No. 117, October 2009. (Polish). Uniwerytet Jagielloński. Accessed February 10, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Słowacki, Juliusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Krzemieniec , now in Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1849
Place of death Paris