Sebastian Fabian Klonowic (1545 Sulmierzyce – 29 August 1602

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) was a Polish

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, composer and mayor of Lublin.

Biography

He studied at the University of Kraków. He was also known by his

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name, Acernus, and wrote in both Polish and Latin. He first lived in

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, then he settled in

. While in Lublin, he became mayor. Lublin kamienica Klonowica

He wrote attacks in Latin on the

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. His Latin poems were filled with Latinized Polish words, and on the other hand his Polish poems were often made unintelligible by the use of Latinisms and Hellenisms literally translated. He lived his last years on the charity of the Jesuits.

Famous works

*''Roxolania'' (1584) — a description the people and land of

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*''Flis, to Jest Spuszczanie Statków Wisłą'' (1595) — an early example of the Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry, exceptional for its length *''Worek Judaszów'' (1600) *''Victoria Deorum'' (1587) *''Żale nagrobne na ślachetnie urodzonego Pana Jana Kochanowskiego'' *''Gorais'' *''Hebdomas, to jest Siedem tegodniowych piosnek wyjętych z pierwszych Ksiąg Moiżeszowych kapituły pierwszej, co którego dnia Pan Bóg stworzył i jako siódmego dnia odpoczynął, krótko zebranych przez Sebastyjana Klonowica z Sulimierzyc, pisarza ławicy lubelskiej'' (1581) — songs

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Biography

External links

* Klonowic's works on Polish Wikisource
Digital versions of his works
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Works by Sebastian Klonowic
in digital library

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1545 births 1602 deaths 16th-century writers in Latin Polish satirists Neo-Latin poets Polish composers Jagiellonian University alumni Polish male poets Polish satirical poets Mayors of places in Poland {{Poland-poet-stub