Jan Achacy Kmita


Jan Achacy Kmita was a Polish poet and translator from Bochnia.
Kmita translated Virgil's Aeneid and Eclogues and was particularly well known for his funerary poetry, including Treny na Śmierć Katarzyny Barnickiey Starościny Niepołomickiey and Łów Dyjanny. His other writings included Żywoty Królów polskich ; Spitamegeranomachia, a mock-heroic work about the wars of Stefan Batory; and a prefatory poem in Simon Syrenius's Zielnik.
Kmita served in Stefan Bathory's Livonian Wars, and later in life was a member of the Babin Republic.
In addition to his literary activities, Kmita served as podżupnik of the Bochnia Salt Mine.

Works

Anti-semitic writings">Antisemitism#17th century">Anti-semitic writings

;Funerary poetry
;Other poems