page_title: Jan Kochanowski
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Kochanowski
caption_attribution_description: Portret Jana Kochanowskiego
context_page_description: Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language.
  He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, and the greatest Slavic poet prior to the 19th century.
context_section_description: Jan Kochanowski (Polish: [ˈjan kɔxaˈnɔfskʲi]; 1530 – 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language.
  He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz, and the greatest Slavic poet prior to the 19th century.
caption: Portrait by Józef Holewiński
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