Włodzimierz Wolski Explained

Włodzimierz Wolski
Birth Date:9 October 1824
Birth Place:Pułtusk, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire
Death Place:Brussels, Belgium
Other Names:Polski Wolski
Occupation:Poet, Novelist, Translator, Librettist
Notable Works:Halka, Hrabina (libretta)

Włodzimierz Wolski (9 October 1824, Pultusk – 29 July 1882, Brussels) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and librettist. He is best known as the author of the libretto to Stanisław Moniuszko's opera Halka.

He grew up in Warsaw and published his poems and prose in magazines there. He took part in the January Uprising and settled in Brussels after the defeat.

Works

Poetry

Librettos

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