Kasper Twardowski

Kasper Twardowski (ca. 1592 – ca. 1641)[1] was a Polish poet of the early Polish Baroque period, representing the so-called metaphysical or metaphysical-and-devotional line of poets. Little is known of his personal life. Twardowski was most likely born in Sambor (now Sambir) into the well-off family of the local tailor, and spent his youth in Kraków (Cracow), Poland, where he is assumed to have studied at the Jagiellonian University (then known as the Kraków Academy). In 1629 Twardowski moved probably to Lwów (Lviv), where he died. Twardowski is best known for his erotica called "the Cupid's Lessons", banned by the bishop of Kraków, and later rejected by the poet himself as immoral; blamed for his own poor health as the apparent wrath of God.[2][3]

"Wenus i kupidyn" (Venus and Cupid, 1600s). Oil painting by Albani removed from Poland by the Nazis during World War II. Never seen again
  1. ^ Most widely held works by Kasper Twardowski. OCLC ResearchWorks Online Computer Library Center, WorldCat Identities, Dublin OH, USA.
  2. ^ Paweł Kozioł [pl], , Kasper Twardowski. Culture.pl, December 2008. Published in Antologia polskiej poezji od Średniowiecza do wieku XXI. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  3. ^ Roman Mazurkiewicz, Kasper Twardowski. Biogram. Staropolska On-line. Barok. Retrieved September 17, 2011.