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See also:JULIAN URSIN See also:NIEMCEWICZ (1758-1841)
, See also:Polish See also:scholar, poet and statesman, was See also:born in 1757 in Lithuania
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In the earlier See also:part of his See also:life he acted as See also:adjutant to Kosciusko, was taken prisoner with him at the fatal See also:battle of Maciejowice (1794), and shared his captivity at St See also:Petersburg
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On his See also:release he travelled for some See also:time in See also:America, where he married
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After the See also:Congress of See also:Vienna he was secretary of See also:state and See also:president of the constitutional See also:committee in See also:Poland, but in 1830—1831 he was again driven into See also:exile
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He died in See also:Paris on the 21st of See also:April 1841
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See also:Niemcewicz tried many styles of See also:composition
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His See also:comedy The Return of the See also:Deputy (1790) enjoyed a See also:great reputation, and his novel, See also: |
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