Aleksander Fredro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aleksander Fredro

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1793

Place of Birth: Jarosław, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1876

Profession: writer, poet, politician, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires.
His works including plays written in the octosyllabic verse (Zemsta) and in prose (Damy i Huzary) as well as fables, belong to the canon of Polish literature.
Fredro was harshly criticized by some of his contemporaries for light-hearted humor or even alleged immorality (Seweryn Goszczynski, 1835) which led to years of his literary silence.
Many of Fredro's dozens of plays were published and popularized only after his death.
His best-known works have been translated into English, French, German, Russian, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian and Slovak.