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Jan Korwin Kochanowski ( 1530 - August 22 , 1584 ) was a Polish Renaissance Poet and Writer , recognized as the most important Polish poet before 19th century. {Link without Title} Kochanowski was born in Sycyna , Poland. His mother, Anna Białaczowska, saw to his early education. At fourteen, fluent in Latin , he was sent by his parents to Kraków to study at Jagiellonian University . After graduation in 1547 he continued studies at universities in Wrocław , Wittenberg and Leipzig . He next studied at Koenigsberg in Ducal Prussia and at Padua , Italy . In Padua Kochanowski studied philosophy under the guidance of Robertello . A fifteen-year period of broad studies and travels was closed by a final trip to France , where he met Pierre Ronsard . In 1559 he returned to Poland for good, a humanist and Renaissance poet. The next fifteen years were spent close to the court of King Sigismund II Of Poland , writing poems and a first short novel. In 1575 Kochanowski married Dorota Podlodowska. The poet wrote in Polish about man and his relationship with other people and with God . He died in Lublin in August 1584 , probably of a Heart Attack . SEE ALSO |
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