Laments (Kochanowski)
The Laments (also Lamentations or Threnodies; Polish: Treny, originally spelled Threny) is a series of nineteen threnodies (elegies) written in Polish by Jan Kochanowski and published in 1580. They are a high point of Polish Renaissance literature, and one of Kochanowski's signal achievements.
Title page of Laments, 1583 printing | |
| Author | Jan Kochanowski |
|---|---|
| Original title | Treny |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Genre | poetry |
| Publisher | Drukarnia Łazarzowa |
Publication date | 1580 |
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