Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist
Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1808
Place of Birth: Paniuškavičy, Belarus
Date of Death: 21-Dec-1884
Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator, author, linguist
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich
- Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievic (Belarusian: ??????? (??????) ?????-???????????; Polish: Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz; c.
- 1808–1884) was a Belarusian writer, poet, dramatist and social activist and is considered as one of the founders of the modern Belarusian literary tradition and national school theatre.Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievic was born in a Belarusian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in a noble family (szlachta of Labedz coat of arms) in the region of Babruysk.
- He graduated from the medical faculty of the University of St.
- Petersburg. He wrote both in contemporary Belarusian and Polish languages.
- Writing in the modern Belarusian language he faced the problem of its being not standardized, as the written tradition of the Old Belarusian (Ruthenian) language had been largely extinct by that time. From 1827 Dunin-Marcinkievic lived and worked in Minsk as a bureaucrat.
- In 1840 he acquired a mansion near Ivyanets and went there to write most of his works. In 1859 he translated Adam Mickiewicz's epic poem Pan Tadeusz into the Belarusian language and published it in Vilnius.
- Under the pressure of Russian Empire authorities he succeeded in publishing only the first two chapters of the poem.
- This was the first translation of the poem into another Slavic language.Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievic was accused by the police in separatist propaganda during the January Uprising.
- He was arrested but later set free but kept under supervision by the police.
- His daughter, Kamila Marcinkievic, participated in the uprising and was sentenced to the psychiatric hospital for her political activity.The writer was buried in Tupalshchyna, now Valozhyn rajon.
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