Józef Bohdan Zaleski
Józef Bohdan Zaleski was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the "Ukrainian poetic school."Life
Zaleski was a member of the secret patriotic organisation Związek Wolnych Polaków ; a participant of the November Uprising ; a deputy of the Sejm ; the co-founder of the religious brotherhood Towarzystwo Braci Zjednoczonych; and co-editor of a magazine, Nowa Polska.Works
Zaleski was associated with Romanticism and sentimentalism. He was the author of popular historical dumas ; love and reflective lyrics inspired by folk poetry; religious poetry; as well as fantasy poems, sung poems, aphoristic poems, memoirs, translations.
Three of his songs were set to music by Frédéric Chopin.
; Dumas
- Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego
- Dumka Mazepy
- Czajki
; Poems and lyrics
- Duch od stepu
- Jamby, aphoristic poem
- Przenajświętsza Rodzina, religious poem
- Pyłki, aphoristic poem
- Rojenia wiośniane — sung poem
- Rusałki — fantasy poem
- Śliczny chłopiec — sung poem
- Śpiew poety — lyric
- Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek — sung poem
- Duch od stepu
; Collections
- Pisma zbiorowe
- Dzieła pośmiertne
- Korespondencja
