Adam Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist and political activist, born in 1798 and died in 1855, regarded as Poland's national poet and counted among the country's "Three Bards." He is known chiefly for the poetic drama Dziady (Forefathers' Eve) and for the national epic poem Pan Tadeusz, works written partly in exile after Poland had been partitioned among Russia, Prussia and Austria, and which helped inspire later uprisings against those imperial powers. Widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet, Mickiewicz spent much of his later life abroad, teaching Slavic literature in Paris and engaging in political activity on behalf of Polish independence, and he remains a central figure of Polish Romanticism and national identity.
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WikipediaLife section, Early years, opening sentence
Adam Mickiewicz was born on 24 December 1798, either at his paternal uncle's estate in Zavosse (Polish: Zaosie) near Navahrudak (Polish: Nowogródek) or in Navahrudak itself in what was then part of the Russian Empire and is now Belarus.
Life section, account of his final illness in Constantinople
He returned ill from a trip to a military camp to his apartment on Yenişehir Street in the Pera (now Beyoğlu) district of Constantinople and died on 26 November 1855.
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Adam Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist and political activist, born in 1798 and died in 1855, regarded as Poland's national poet and counted among the country's "Three Bards." He is known chiefly for the poetic drama Dziady (Forefathers' Eve) and for the national epic poem Pan Tadeusz, works written partly in exile after Poland had been partitioned among Russia, Prussia and Austria, and which helped inspire later uprisings against those imperial powers.
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