Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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)