Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Adam Mickiewicz
Born: December 24, 1798
Died: November 26, 1855 (aged 56)
Bio: Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, professor of Slavic literature, and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus.
Known for:
- Pan Tadeusz (1834)
- Konrad Wallenrod (1828)
- Ode to Youth (1820)
- Pani Twardowska
- Grażyna (1823)