Władysław Syrokomla
Władysław Syrokomla | |
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| Born | Ludwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz 29 September 1823 Smolhava, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 September 1862 (aged 38) Vilnius, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Rasos Cemetery, Vilnius |
| Pen name | Władysław Syrokomla |
| Language | Polish and Belarusian |
| Genre | Romanticism |
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Ludwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław Syrokomla (Lithuanian: Vladislovas Sirokomlė), was a Polish–Lithuanian poet, writer and translator of the Romantic era.
His writings in the Polish language were mainly dedicated to the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Self-identifying as a Lithuanian, he himself was disappointed that he did not speak the Lithuanian language. He was often called the village lyrebird (Polish: lirnik wioskowy) and was the author of ironic poems stylized as 18th-century pastoral idylls and folk songs.