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| Noble Family | Krasiński | |
| Coat of Arms | Ślepowron | |
| Parents | Wincenty Krasiński, Maria Urszula Radziwiłł |
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| Consorts | Eliza Branicka | |
| Children | with Eliza Branicka: Władysław Krasiński Zygmunt Jerzy Krasinski Maria Beatrix Krasińska Eliza Krasinska |
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| Date of Birth | 19 February 1812 | |
| Place of Birth | Paris | |
| Date of Death | 23 February 1859 | |
| Place of Death | Paris | |
Count Napoleon Stanisław Adam Ludwig Zygmunt Krasiński (Paris, France, 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859, Paris, France), a Polish count, is traditionally ranked with Mickiewicz and Słowacki as one of Poland's Three National Bards — the trio of great Romantic poets who influenced national consciousness during the period of Poland's political bondage.
Life and work
Krasiński was the son of a general, Count Wincenty Krasiński, of the aristocratic Krasiński family. He studied law at Warsaw University and in Geneva, where he met Adam Mickiewicz.
Krasiński was more sociopolitically conservative than the other two poets. He published much of his work anonymously.
He is best known for his philosophical Messianist ideas. His drama, Nie-boska Komedia (The Un-Divine Comedy, 1835), portrays the tragedy of an old-world aristocracy defeated by a new order of communism and democracy, and is a poetic prophecy of class conflict and of Russia's October Revolution (see also Okopy Świętej Trójcy); and his drama, Irydion (1836), deals, in the context of Christian ethics, with the struggle of a subjugated nation against its oppressor. Writings of Krasiński from the period are full of frenetic plots, strongly influenced by gothic fiction and Dante Alighieri. As the poet's most famous works show, he is most interested in the extreme face of human existence such as hate, desperation or solitude.
Krasiński's Agaj-Han (1834) is also well known in Poland. It is historical-poetic novel much different from popular in Polish literature novels by Walter Scott. Agaj-Han is filled by macabre motives, death and fratricide. Upon human life still exists tragic fate. Later (1844–1848) he wrote Psalmy Przyszłości (Psalms of the Future), in which Krasiński calls to love and charity according to Christianism.
His muse for many years was Countess Delfina Potocka (likewise a friend of Chopin), with whom he conducted a romance from 1838 to 1846. Later she continued to be his friend, and he wrote for her Sen Cezary (published 1840) and Przedświt (Dawn's Approach, published 1843).
On 26 July 1843, Krasiński married Polish Countess Eliza Branicka (1820-76).
See also
External links
 Krasiński's wife and children |
 Krasiński's family coat-of-arms, Ślepowron |
 Church crypt in Opinogóra Górna |
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