Author: Adam Mickiewicz
Alternate names: Адам Мицеквич; А. Мицкевич; Adam 1798-1855 Mickiewicz
Born: 24 December 1798
Died: 26 November 1855
Bio: Adam Bernard Mickiewicz 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" 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.