Józef Bohdan Zaleski

Józef Bohdan Zaleski (14 February 1802 – 31 March 1886) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the Ukrainian poetic school.

Life Zaleski was a member of the secret patriotic organisation Związek Wolnych Polaków (1821); a participant of the November Uprising (1830–1831); a deputy of the Sejm (during the November Uprising 1830–1831); the co-founder (with Mickiewicz) of the religious brotherhood Towarzystwo Braci Zjednoczonych; and co-editor of a magazine, Nowa Polska.

Works Zaleski was associated with Romanticism and sentimentalism. He was the author of popular historical dumas (in which he refers to Ukrainian folklore); love and reflective lyrics inspired by folk poetry; religious poetry; as well as fantasy poems, sung poems, aphoristic poems, memoirs, translations (Serbian folk songs). Three of his songs were set to music by Frédéric Chopin (see Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin).

Dumas Dumka hetmana Kosińskiego (Dumka of Hetman Kosiński, 1823) Dumka Mazepy (Mazepa's Dumka) Czajki

Poems and lyrics Duch od stepu (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem) Jamby (Iambs), aphoristic poem Przenajświętsza Rodzina (The Most Holy Family, 1839; published in Poezje [Poems], vol. 2, 1842), religious poem Pyłki (Dust), aphoristic poem Rojenia wiośniane — sung poem Rusałki (1829) — fantasy poem Śliczny chłopiec — sung poem Śpiew poety (1823) — lyric Tędy, tędy leciał ptaszek — sung poem Duch od stepu (The Spirit from the Steppe, 1841 poem)

Collections Pisma zbiorowe (Collected Writings, vols. 1–4, 1877) Dzieła pośmiertne (Posthumous Works, vols. 1–2, 1891) Korespondencja (Correspondence, vols. 1–5, 1900–04)