Jan Gawiński

Jan z Wielomowic Gawiński (c. 1622 – c. 1684) was a Polish Baroque poet.

Finally he settled down in Krakow and married Małgorzata Lajtner.

There he held several offices, including the steward of saltworks in Wieliczka and Bochnia.

His most famous works are his idylls, taking pattern from Anacreon, Szymon Szymonowic and ancient Latin poets, glorifying life in the village and published many times.

He wrote Dworzanki albo Epigrammata polskie (Court ladies or Polish epigrams) and the poem Clipaeus christianitatis (The shield of Christianity), in praise of John III Sobieski defeating the Ottoman Empire, a series of epigrams Nagrobki (Epitaphs), a Latin poem on the death of Krzysztof Wilski Planctus (Crying) and translations of the works of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski as well.