Pan Tadeusz, in full Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: A Nobility's Tale of the Years 1811-1812, in Twelve Books of Verse, is an epic poem of about 10,000 lines in rhyming Polish alexandrine couplets by the poet Adam Mickiewicz, first published in Paris on 28 June 1834. It is regarded as one of the last great epic poems of European literature and as Poland's national epic, and its opening invocation, O Lithuania, my country, is among the best known lines in Polish poetry. The poem has been translated into thirty three languages, is required reading in Polish schools, and was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register in 2014.
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Why does Pan Tadeusz begin with the words O Lithuania my country?
Mickiewicz was born in the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which he simply calls Lithuania.
Adam Mickiewicz was born in what was formerly the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which he simply calls Lithuania. He was writing in pre-nationalist times, when Lithuania was part of Poland-Lithuania, a union of more than 200 years that led to a shared identity. The invocation remains one of the most recognizable pieces of Polish poetry.
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The book, written in Polish alexandrines, was first published by Aleksander Jełowicki on 28 June 1834 in Paris.
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is an epic poem by the Polish poet, writer, translator and philosopher Adam Mickiewicz.
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Pan Tadeusz (full title: Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: A Nobility's Tale of the Years 1811-1812, in Twelve Books of Verse) is an epic poem by the Polish poet, writer, translator and philosopher Adam Mickiewicz.
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