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Jan Kochanowski

1530 - 1584 · born in Sycyna, Poland

Unia polsko-litewska (Jagiellonowie)

Administrative context: Unia polsko-litewska (Jagiellonowie). The historical administrative borders for this period are approximate.

Jan Kochanowski raised the Polish language to the rank of great poetry and wrote his moving Laments after the death of his daughter.