Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 February 173514 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), a critic of the clergy, Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek. His most notable literary works were his Fables and Parables (1779), Satires (1779), and poetic letters and religious lyrics, in which the artistry of his poetic language reached its summit. Life Krasicki was born in Dubiecko, on southern Poland's San River, into a family bearing the title of count of the Holy Roman Empire. He was related to the most illustrious families in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and spent his childhood surrounded with the love and solicitude of his own family. He
Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 de febrero de 173514 de marzo de 1801), desde 1766 príncipe-obispo de Warmia (en alemán, Ermland) y desde 1795 arzobispo de Gniezno (por lo tanto, Primado de Polonia), fue el principal poeta de la Ilustración de Polonia ("el Príncipe de los Poetas"), crítico del clero, La Fontaine de Polonia, autor de la primera novela polaca, dramaturgo, periodista, enciclopedista y traductor de francés y griego. Sus obras literarias más notables fueron sus Fables y Parábolas (1779), Satires (1779), y las letras poéticas y las letras religiosas, en las que la artesanía de su lengua poética alcanzó su apogeo.