[1] He is regarded as one of the minor poets of Polish late Renaissance and Baroque.
Later he became a courtier of a powerful magnate, Lithuanian[3] duke Krzysztof Radziwiłł the younger (1585-1640).
[4] His well-known poem is Olbrycht Karmanowski Piotrowi Kochanowskiemu, autorowi przełożenia "Gofreda" (Olbrycht Karmanowski to Piotr Kochanowski, the translator of the Jerusalem Delivered 1618).
This metre, introduced into Polish Renaissance verse by Jan Kochanowski but not much used before the 19th century, is extremely popular today.
Karmanowski was also a translator of verse, including poems by Anacreon and Ovid.