Adam Asnyk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adam Asnyk

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1838

Place of Birth: Kalisz, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1897

Profession: writer, poet, politician, playwright

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Adam Asnyk (11 September 1838 – 2 August 1897), was a Polish poet and dramatist of the Positivist era.
Born in Kalisz to a szlachta family, he was educated to become an heir of his family's estate.
As such he received education at the Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Marymont and then the Medical Surgeon School in Warsaw.
He continued his studies abroad in Breslau, Paris and Heidelberg.
In 1862 he returned to Congress Poland and took part in the January Uprising against Russian rule.
Because of that he had to flee his country and settled in Heidelberg, where in 1866 he received a doctorate of philosophy.
Soon afterwards he returned to Poland and settled in the Austrian-held part of the country, initially in Lwów and then in Kraków.