Biografia Adama Mickiewicza

>He was born on 24 December 1798 in Zaosie near Nowogródek. His father, Mikołaj, was an attorney in Nowogródek, and his mother Barbara the daughter of a steward from Czombrów. In 1807 he commenced his education in the district school in Nowogródek, which was run by the Domicans. His first poetic attempts came from this period.
>In 1815 he left for Wilno where he entered the university which at that time was an important centre of Enlightenment culture in Lithuania. He studied at the Physics and Mathematics Faculty. He simultaneously applied for admission to the Teacher's Seminary which was also at the university. Becouse of his material situation he also applies for a state scholarship which was awarded to candidates preparing for the profession of teacher. In 1822 the first volume of Poezyje, which was dedicated to his friends, was published in Wilno. From December 1825 until April 1828 he lived in Moscow.
> In 1834 he married Celina Szymanowska. Mickiewicz did not have any regular income, and setting up a family worsenes his financial situation, which was already bad enough. In March 1848 he organised the Legion, which fought in Italy until July 1849.
> In 1855, during the Crimean War, he went to Turkey to support the action of the organisation of a Polish legion for the struggle against Russia. He died, probably of cholera, in Istanbul on 26 November 1855. In 1890 the coffin was transferred to the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków.