Antoni Malczewski | |
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Born | Volhynia or Warsaw | 3 June 1793
Died | 2 May 1826 Warsaw | (aged 32)
Occupation | poet |
Nationality | Polish |
Literary movement | Romanticism, Pessimism |
Antoni Malczewski (3 June 1793 – 2 May 1826) was a Polish romantic poet, known for his only work, "a narrative poem of dire pessimism", Maria (1825).
At the times, prominent and scandalizing was his autodestructive romance with a married woman, Zofia Rucińska, who had a mental illness.