Teofil Lenartowicz
Teofil Aleksander Lenartowicz (born February 27, 1822 in Warsaw , † February 3, 1893 in Florence ) was a Polish poet.
Teofil Lenartowicz (pronounced: Lenartówitsch) mostly educated himself through self-study, worked for a time as an intern at the Warsaw Regional Court, but went abroad in 1848, where he settled in Paris in 1851, later in Rome and finally in Florence.
Lenartowicz was a folk singer whose songs, published under the title Lirenka Teofila Lenartowicza , are simple and beautiful in form and content and are among the most beautiful pearls of Polish poetry.
Among its larger seals, the most notable are:
- The Rapture
- Kościuszko
- Saint Sophia
- The Polish country in pictures
- The Battle of Raclawice
- The gladiator etc.
He also published a volume of letters on Adam Mickiewicz (Paris 1875). The poet's wife was the painter and sculptor Zofia Szymanowska .
Web links
- Literature by and about Teofil Lenartowicz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Teofil Lenartowicz in the German Digital Library
- Literature by and about Teofil Lenartowicz in the catalog of the SWB, Southwest German Library Network
- Short biography in Polish and English - VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF POLISH LITERATURE
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lenartowicz, Teofil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lenartowicz, Aleksander Teofil; Lenartowicz, Teophil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1893 |
| Place of death | Florence |