Tomasz Zan
Tomasz Zan (21 December 1796 Miasata, Vileysky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) – 19 July 1855 Kakoŭčyna, Orsha, Russian Empire), was a Polish poet and activist.
Biography[]
He was born on 21 December 1796 in Miasata, Vileysky Uyezd, in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus).
Zan attended the Vilnius University from 1820-1823, where he befriended Adam Mickiewicz, who would later become Poland's best-known poet. As Zan was two years older, he served as a mentor and friend to Mickiewicz.[1]
In 1817 he was a cofounder of the Philomatic Association (Towarzystwo Filomatów),[2] in 1820, (Towarzystwo Promienistych), in 1820-1823 president of Filaret Association (Zgromadzenie Filaretów), all of them student organizations in Vilnius dedicated to Polish cultural and political activities. For his activity in those organizations he was exiled by the Russian authorities to Siberia (from 1824 to 1837),[3] during which time he assisted Alexander von Humboldt on his 1829 research expedition.[4]
Between 1837 and 1841 he worked as a librarian in Saint Petersburg before returning to Vilnius.[4]
He died on 19 July 1855 in Kakoŭčyna, Orsha, then part of the Russian Empire.
Legacy[]
His poetry is mostly satirical, most known is the heroicomic 'Zgon tabakiery'.
References[]
- ^ Soboleski, Paul (1883). Poets and Poetry of Poland: A Collection of Polish Verse. Chicago: Knight & Leonard. p. 324.
- ^ Davies, Norman (2005). God's Playground: A History of Poland. II. Oxford University Press. p. 230. ISBN 0199253404.
- ^ "Zan Tomasz". Encyklopedia WIEM (in Polish). Grupa Onet.pl SA. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Michałowska Walkiewicz, Ewa (11 May 2010). "Tomasz Zan - Poeta i znawca minerałów". Polish American Pages (in Polish). Polish Pages, Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links[]
Polish Wikisource has original text related to this article: Autor:Tomasz_Zan- Z filareckiego świata:zbiór wspomnień z lat 1816-1824 by Henryk Mościcki http://kpbc.umk.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=27328&dirids=1
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- 1855 deaths
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