Zygmunt Krasiński
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| Zygmunt Krasiński | ||
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| Noble Family | Krasiński | |
| Coat of Arms | Ślepowron | |
| Parents | Wincenty Krasiński Maria Urszula Radziwiłł. |
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| Consorts | Eliza Branicka | |
| Children | with Eliza Branicka Wladyslaw Krasiński Zygmunt Jerzy Krasinski Maria Beatrix Krasinska Eliza Krasinska |
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| Date of Birth | February 19, 1812 | |
| Place of Birth | Paris | |
| Date of Death | February 23, 1859 | |
| Place of Death | Paris | |
Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Ludwik Zygmunt Krasiński (Paris, France, February 19, 1812 – February 23, 1859) is traditionally ranked with Mickiewicz and Słowacki as one of Poland's trio of great Romantic poets.
[edit] Life and work
Krasiński was the son of Wincenty Krasiński, of the aristocratic Krasiński family. He studied law in Warsaw (Warsaw University) and in Geneva, where he met Adam Mickiewicz.
Krasiński was more sociopolitically conservative than the other two poets. He is best known for his philosophical Messianist ideas. His drama, Nie-boska Komedia (The Un-Divine Comedy, 1835), portrays the tragedy of an old-world aristocracy defeated by a new order of communism and democracy, and is a poetic prophecy of class conflict and of Russia's October Revolution (see also Okopy Świętej Trójcy); and his drama, Irydion (1836), deals, in the context of Christian ethics, with the struggle of a subjugated nation against its oppressor.
Krasiński's Agaj-Han (1834) is also well known in Poland. Later (1844-1848) he wrote Psalmy Przyszłości (Psalms of the Future).
He published much of his work anonymously.
Krasiński was married to Polist noblewoman and Countess Eliza Branicka (1820-1876). He married her on 26 July 1843.
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 thumb|left|125px|Krasiński's family coat-of-arms (Ślepowron) |
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