Antoni Brodowski, portrait of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, 1820, Public domain
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Antoni Brodowski, portrait of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, 1820, Public domain
License: public domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons, License terms and conditions

Julian Niemcewicz

First name:

Julian

Last Name:

Niemcewicz

Pseudonym:

„Anonim”, „Iwan Wasilewicz”, „oficer w wojsku moskiewskim”, „J.N.”, „J.U.N.”, „J.Ur.N.”, „Julius Orion”, „Mośko Jankiele”

Middle name:

Ursyn

Parents:

Marcel i Jadwiga z Suchodolskich

Crest:

Rawicz

Date of birth:

16-02-1758

Place of birth:

Skoki

Date of death:

21-05-1841

Place od death:

Paryż

Age:

Profession:

poet, playwright, historian, publicist

Honours and awards:

Order Świętego Stanisława

Biography:

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, coat-of-arms Rawicz (1758-1841), born in Skoki in Polesia, son of Marceli, a Mielnicki foreman, and Jadwiga née Suchodolska, Polish playwright, poet, historian, publicist, member of the Commission of National Education (1791-1792), aide-de-camp to the commander of the Lithuanian army, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, member of the Society of Friends of Learning, author of novels, fairy tales and poems, among others.Author of novels, fairy tales and poems, e.g. Jan of Tęczyn (1824), Powrót posła [Return of the Messenger] (1790), Śpiewy historyczne [Historical Songs] (1816), and Poem listowny do Szymanowskiego [Letter to Szymanowski] (1783).