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About Jan Andrzej Morsztyn
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693) was a Polish poet, member of the landed nobility, and official in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was starosta of Zawichost, Tymbark and Kowal. He was also pantler of Sandomierz (1647–58), Royal Secretary, a secular referendary (1658–68), and Deputy Crown Treasurer from 1668. Apart from his career at the Polish court, Morsztyn is famous as a leading poet of the Polish Baroque and a prominent representative of Marinist style in Polish literature. Over his lifetime he accumulated considerable wealth. In 1683 he was accused of treason and was forced to emigrate to France.
Everything about Jan Andrzej Morsztyn →- Occupation
- poet, writer, politician
- Position held
- Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Grand Podskarbi, king's secretary at the Polish court, Polish elector
- Citizenship
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Born
- June 24, 1621, June 26, 1621, July 24, 1621
- Died
- January 8, 1693, January 18, 1693, January 8, 1693