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Mikolaj Rej / Mikołaj Rej (1505 - 1569)

The year 2005, marked the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Mikołaj Rej, a protestant intellectual and the first significant author who wrote exclusively in Polish. As such Rej is considered the Father of Polish Literature and the year 2005 was officially delearded the "Mikołaj Rej Year." The Polish Postal Service, for one, celebrated it with the issuance of a Mikołaj Rej postage stamp. Contemporary Poles associate Mikołaj Rej most of all with the two famous verses:

A niechaj narodowie wżdy postronne znają,
Iż Polacy nie gęsi, iż swój jezyk mają!

Among other nations let it always be known
That the Poles are not geese, have a tongue of their own.

Biographies, etc.

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Poems
Jan Kochanowski	trans.: Michael J. Mikoś
Martin Luther, the Doctor	trans.: Michael J. Mikoś
Old Woman Who Cried During the Passion of Christ	trans.: Michael J. Mikoś
A Short Conversation Between Three Persons... (selections)	trans.: Michael J. Mikoś
Prose

Life of an Honest Man (selections)	trans.: Michael J. Mikoś

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Mikołaj Rej univ.gda.pl/~literat/autors/rej.htm	2,575 words	Mikolaj Rej's biography by Prof. Edmund Kotarski as posted at the Vitual Library of Polish Literature at the University of Gdansk. Site provides access to the teksts fo two of Mikolaj Rej's works: Krótka Rozprawa and Żywot Człowieka Poćciwego
Mikolaj Rej, the Father of Polish Literature, 500th Anniversary of his Birth culture.polishsite.us/articles/...	950 words	Page created on the 500th Anniversary of the birth of Mikolaj Rej. A translation of a piece by Prof. Waclaw Urban.
Mikolaj Rej of Naglowice angelfire.com/scifi2/rsolecki/	485 words	A short biography by Prof. Roman Solecki.
Mikolaj Rej http://www.staropolska.gimnazjum.../M_Rej/...3	370 words	A short biographical sketch of the poet
Mikolaj Rej po angielsku staropolska.gimnazjum.com.pl/.../rej..mikos.html	2,190 words	An essay by Michal Jacek Mikos, a translator of Mikolaj Rej, about the process of translation of this Renarissance poet. Part of the text, where Mikos gives examples of translations, are in English.

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