Sebastian Klonowic

Polish poet
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Also known as: Acernus, Sebastian Fabian Klonowic
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In full:
Sebastian Fabian Klonowic
Pseudonym:
Acernus
Born:
c. 1545, Sulmierzyce, Poland
Died:
August 29, 1602, Lublin

Sebastian Klonowic (born c. 1545, Sulmierzyce, Poland—died August 29, 1602, Lublin) was a Polish poet whose work in Latin and Polish is valuable chiefly as cultural history. A burgher, Klonowic settled first in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) and later in Lublin, where he became mayor and a municipal juror. In the Latin poem “Roxolania” (written 1584) he gave the first complete account of the Ruthenian geography, landscape, and people. In the Polish poem Flis (1595; The Boatman), he vividly described the valley of the Vistula River and the life and customs of its raftsmen. Worek Judaszów (1600; “Judas’s Sack”), also ...(100 of 132 words)