Mikołaj Rej
Mikołaj Rej | |
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| Born | 4 February 1505 Żurawno, Kingdom of Poland (now Zhuravno, Ukraine) |
| Died | Either 8 September or 5 October 1569 (aged 64) Rejowiec, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Pen name | Mikołaj Rey |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, politician, musician |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Literary movement | Polish Reformation |
| Relatives | Andrzej (Grandson) Andrzej (Great-grandson) Nicholas (descendant) |
Mikołaj Rej or Mikołaj Rey of Nagłowice (4 February 1505 – between 8 September/5 October 1569) was a Polish poet and prose writer of the emerging Renaissance in Poland as it succeeded the Middle Ages, as well as a politician and musician. He was the first Polish author to write exclusively in the Polish language, and is considered (with Biernat of Lublin and Jan Kochanowski), to be one of the founders of Polish literary language and literature.