Quote of the day
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
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)