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Mickiewicz Adam
(1798–1855)

Polish romantic poet and playwright, b. Belorussia. He studied at the Univ. of Vilna, where he was arrested (1823) for pan-Polish activities and deported to Russia. He was permitted (1829) to travel through Europe, remaining there following the Polish uprising of 1830. Later he served as professor of literature in Lausanne (1839) and in Paris (1840–44). In the revolutionary upheavals of 1848 and again in the Crimean War he organized legions for Polish emancipation. He died in Constantinople during a cholera epidemic. Mickiewicz’s poetry gave international stature to Polish literature. His powerful verse expressed a romantic view of the soul and the mysteries of life, often employing Polish folk themes. His major works include the fantastic drama The Forefathers (1823); the philosophical poem Konrad Wallenrod (1828); The Books of the Polish Nation and of Polish Pilgrimage (1832); and the great epic Pan Tadeusz (1834, tr. 1917). This poem, Mickiewicz’s masterpiece, is a comprehensive and Homeric treatment of the life of the Polish gentry.

Belarus, 1998, Adam Mickiewicz

Belarus, 1999, Pushkin and Mickiewicz

Bulgaria, 1955, Adam Mickiewicz

Central Lithuania, 1921, Kosciuszko and Mickiewicz

Czechoslovakia, 1955, Adam Mickiewicz

Lithuania, 1999, Monument to Mickiewicz in Vilnus

Poland, 1941, Destruction the monument to Adam Mickiewicz

Poland, 1947, Adam Mickiewicz

Poland, 1948, Polish Culture

Poland, 1949, Adam Mickiewicz

Poland, 1949, Pushkin and Mickiewicz

Poland, 1955, Monument to Mickiewicz in Warsaw