Stefan Witwicki


Stefan Witwicki was a Polish poet of the Romantic period.

Life

From 1822 Witwicki worked in the Congress Poland's Government Commission on Religions and Education.
In 1832 he emigrated of his own free will to Paris, France, where he became a friend of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz.
He was a friend of Frédéric Chopin, who dedicated his Mazurkas, Op. 41 to him, and who also set ten of his texts as Polish songs.

Works

Witwicki wrote: