Jan Achacy Kmita (died 27 August 1624[1] or sometime in 1628[2]) was a Polish poet and translator from Bochnia.
Kmita translated Virgil's Aeneid and Eclogues (1591, 1588) and was particularly well known for his funerary poetry,[3] including Treny na Śmierć Katarzyny Barnickiey Starościny Niepołomickiey (Cracow, 1588) and Łów Dyjanny (1588).
His other writings included Żywoty Królów polskich (1591); Spitamegeranomachia (1595), a mock-heroic work about the wars of Stefan Batory; and a prefatory poem in Simon Syrenius's Zielnik (1613).
Kmita served in Stefan Bathory's Livonian Wars, and later in life was a member of the Babin Republic.
[4] In addition to his literary activities, Kmita served as podżupnik (administrator) of the Bochnia Salt Mine.