Kornel Ujejski

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Kornel Ujejski monument in Szczecin (until 1944 in Lemberg)

Kornel Ritter von Ujejski (born September 12, 1823 in Beremiany , Jazłowiec District , Austrian Empire , † September 19, 1897 in Pawlów near Lemberg , Austria-Hungary ) was a Polish writer.

Life

The son of a landowner first attended a church school in Buczacz and then studied in Lemberg . Here he met writers such as Leszek Dunin-Borkowski , Wincenty Pol and Karol Szajnocha and in 1843 wrote the patriotic poem Maraton . During a stay in Warsaw he met Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki , Paulina Wilkońska and Teofil Lenartowicz .

After taking part in conspiratorial actions, he went to Paris in 1847. Here he attended lectures by Adam Mickiewicz at the Sorbonne and was associated with Józef Bohdan Zaleski , Frédéric Chopin and Juliusz Słowacki . He took part in the February Revolution of 1848 and then returned to Poland.

Here, too, he was once again involved in revolutionary endeavors. Although he was not active in the January uprising , he was in contact with a secret revolutionary organization. He was brought to court in 1863 for the publication of his poetry collection Do Moskali (To the Muscovites ). As a member of the Imperial Council , he dealt with the conservative group of Stańczycy from 1877-78 .

Ujejski is considered the last great romantic poet in Poland. The majority of his significant poems were composed by the early 1860s. His patriotic chorale ("Z dymem pożarów ..") circulated in numerous copies in Poland in the middle of the 19th century and became the hymn of the Polish independence movement in the setting by Józef Nikorowicz .

Since 1849 Ujejski was married to Henryka Countess Komorowska († 1879). The couple had two sons and a daughter who died young.

Works

  • Pieśni Salomona (Solomon's Songs, 1846)
  • Skargi Jeremiego , (Jeremiah's Lamentations, 1847)
  • Melodye Biblijne , (Bible melodies, 1852)
  • Tłumaczenia Szopena , (Chopin's interpretation, 1866)
  • Do Moskali , (To the Muscovites, 1868)

literature

Web links

Commons : Kornel Ujejski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ujejski, Kornel Ritter von . Short biography on the website of the Austrian Parliament , accessed on April 18, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Ujejski, Kornel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ujejski, Kornel Ritter von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Beremiany , Jazłowiec District , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1897
Place of death Pawlów near Lemberg , Austria-Hungary