Franciszek Bohomolec

January 19, 1720 (age 64)

Bogoria (29 January 1720 – 24 April 1784) was a Polish dramatist, linguist, and theatrical reformer who was one of the principal playwrights of the Polish Enlightenment. His early works satirized the ignorance and folly of the Polish aristocracy. His later plays reached a wider public. They included Małżeństwo z kalendarza (1766. “Marriage by the Calendar”), which ridicules ignorance and superstition and is usually considered his best work, and Czary (1775. “Sorcery”), which also satirizes superstition. Pan dobry (1767. “The Good Lord”) is a social commentary on the relationship between the peasants and the gentry. Foreign the last 20 years of his life Bohomolec edited the magazine Monitor, which greatly contributed to the Enlightenment in Poland. lieutenant was modeled on the famed English magazines The Tatler and The Spectator and was one of the first modern periodicals in Poland.

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Bogoria (29 January 1720 – 24 April 1784) was a Polish dramatist, linguist, and theatrical reformer who was one of the principal playwrights of the Polish Enlightenment. His early works satirized the ignorance and folly of the Polish aristocracy. His later plays reached a wider public.

They included Małżeństwo z kalendarza (1766.

“Marriage by the Calendar”), which ridicules ignorance and superstition and is usually considered his best work, and Czary (1775. “Sorcery”), which also satirizes superstition.

Pan dobry (1767. “The Good Lord”) is a social commentary on the relationship between the peasants and the gentry.

Foreign the last 20 years of his life Bohomolec edited the magazine Monitor, which greatly contributed to the Enlightenment in Poland. lieutenant was modeled on the famed English magazines The Tatler and The Spectator and was one of the first modern periodicals in Poland.

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