Adam Bernard Mickiewicz ( 24 December 1798 – 26 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Romanticism, he is one of Poland's "Three Bards" (Polish: Trzej Wieszcze) and is widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet. He is also considered one of the greatest Slavic and European poets and has been dubbed a "Slavic bard". A leading Romantic dramatist, he has been compared in Poland and Europe to Byron and Goethe.
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24 December 1798 Zaosie near Nowogródek
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26 November 1855 (aged 56) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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