Gracjan Piotrkowski (1734 in

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– 1785 in

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) was a

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priest, teacher and writer.

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educated, he was famed was his firebrand sermons and satirical poems. In 1772 he has published a book titled "Satyr przeciwko zdaniom i zgorszeniom wieku naszego" ("A satire against ideas and deprivations of our age") containing 25 rhymed

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*"Mały słownik pisarzy polskich",

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1969, 1734 births 1785 deaths 18th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests Polish male writers {{Poland-bio-stub