Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski
Bust of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski by Jan Kryński. Before 1885
Born24 February 1595 Edit this on Wikidata
Sarbiewo, Masovian Voivodeship Edit this on Wikidata
Died2 April 1640 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 45)
Warsaw Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placePowązki Cemetery Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
  • Jesuit college in Pułtusk Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPoet, writer, university teacher Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
MovementBaroque

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (in Latin, Matthiās Casimīrus Sarbievius; Lithuanian: Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus; Sarbiewo, Poland, 24 February 1595[1] – 2 April 1640,[1] Warsaw, Poland), was Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century, and a renowned theoretician of poetics.

  1. ^ a b (in Polish) Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski's biography by Mirosław Korolko in: Sarbiewski, Maciej Kazimierz (1980). Lyrica (Liryki). Warsaw: Instytut Wydawniczy "PAX". pp. VI–XIII. ISBN 83-211-0082-1.