Talk:Adam Mickiewicz

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Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 1798 – 26 November 1855) was a Lithuanian poet,

How is he considered Polish - and not of Lithuanian or even Belorussian descent. He states that Lithuania is his homeland/country in Pan Tadeuz, he is from an old Lithuanian noble family in Navahrudak. He also spent his early life studying in Lithuania - studied in Vilnius university and later taught as a secondary school teacher in Kaunas. He never even stepped foot in Krakow or Warsaw, most parts of modern day Poland.

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 * His Lithuania was the Great Dutchy, not the modern one. He wrote Polish, like Joseph Conrad wrote English. Xx236 (talk) 09:09, 28 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I would weigh into the discussion here specifically in response to:
 * > His Lithuania was the Great Dutchy, not the modern one.
 * While that is true, but the same can be said about the Poland of that time, it was the Kingdom of Poland which is not the modern one. So even if we could relate him to Poland back then, it would not be related to modern day Poland any more than relating him to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania would relate him to modern day Lithuania.
 * To that end I would suggest the most reasonable approach and revert to a previous edit I saw: he is regarded as a national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus and leave his nationality out of the picture as it is not relevant due to the complex history of the region at the time. It would suffice to leave it at his poetry works being in Polish just like the article clearly states that he was clearly not working exclusively with the Polish language.
 * So if it is impossible to have a clear agreement on calling him Polish, Lithuanian or Belorussian then there is no point to even try. This just leaves Wikipedia clashing with sources as some will claim one way, others another way depending on the region and outside those 3 countries it is best left at being disputed., which it is. HellDuke (talk) 14:04, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Another note since I decided to look up Joseph Conrad, he is listed as Polish-British novelist, however by the same argument that say that Adomas Mickevičius was a Polish poet due to the language used for writing being Polish then the article on Joseph Conrad should specifically state "British novelist and story writer" since he wrote English and his notable works do not include works in the Polish language, just as it is in this specific disagreement. So by your own argument it would be better to write his name in all claimed languages and use "Lithuanian-Polish poet", though I would say that leaving it ambiguous is better due to it being impossible to pin him to one. HellDuke (talk) 14:12, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Franciszek Hieronim Malewski (1800 - 1870). A very important friend of, and influential figure to Adam Mickiewicz. l
Franciszek Malewski's role in discovering early, guiding, and shaping  Adam Mickiewicz's  development as a bard and poet  cannot be over-emphasised. Franciszek Malewski, was himself an eminent lawyer, and accomplished 'political 'organiser. The son of Szymon Malewski, Rector of Wilno University, Franciszek Malewski, an authority on Schiller's romanticism, was the first to recognise and acclaim Mickiewicz's "Ode to Youth".

The two Adam Mickiewicz, and Francziszek Malewski together studied under the philosopher Hegel in Berlin. The two met with and befriended Russian author Aleksander Pushkin. They married respectively the two  Szymanowska sisters: Franciszek Malewski  pairing with Helena Szymanowsk the daughter of the  accomplished pianist Maria Szymanwska, and Adam Mickiewicz marrying  Helena's sister, Celina Szymanowska.

Wikipedia on 1st October 2014   says that Franciszek Malewski was for the young  Adam Mickiewicz "an enormous moral and literary authority. Mieczyslaw Jastrun, in his notable biography of Adam Mickiewicz (1949), writes that when it came to organising the  scholarly entity/circle, "Filomaci" , Franciszek Malewski out of the whole group: "towered above everyone as a very able lawyer,  with his wise, and clear thinking..." (page 26).

Franciszek Malewski had a daughter also named Maria. Maria Malewska was to marry Adam Mickiewicz'a son Wladyslaw Mickiewicz who saved, and edited much of Franciszek Malewski's  correspondence and writings.

Adam Mickiewicz dedicated a rather obscure and convoluted poem to Franciszek Malewski entitled "Warcaby " ,(Draughts) (1812).

Mirek Malevski - descendant (great, great nephew), of Franciszek Malewski. Date above written, 16 July 2017. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.249.9 (talk) 00:54, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

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False info in article, denial of French writings
The Ethnicity subheading falsely states that Mickiewicz wrote only in Polish. He wrote extensively in French: La Tribune des Peuples and several books. Mickiewicz was a great person, great enough he is shared between cultures and belongs to several (Belarusian, Lithuanian, Polish).--Ada&#39;s gaze (talk) 19:51, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If you have a reference that he wrote in French, it can be added to the article, but this has nothing to do with his ethnicity. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 00:51, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I posted a reference for French, and there are many more references for French already in the article. Saying he only wrote in Polish is a lie. And what does writing in Polish have to do with his ethnicity? And if it has something to do with his ethnicity, isn't the fact that in Warsaw he was criticised in his early career for his provincial Belarusian-tinged Polish relevant? .--Ada&#39;s gaze (talk) 06:07, 25 August 2020 (UTC)