Paulin Święcicki (Ukrainian: Павлин Свєнціцький, Pavlyn Svientsitskyi;[1] 1841–1876) was a Polish-Ukrainian writer, journalist, playwright and translator.
In Kiev he belonged to those who were known as "Polish Rusyns" (Ukrainian: поляко-русинів) and were looking to find a common ground between Ruthenia and Poland.
His fascination with Ukrainian folk lore also earned him the title of a precursor of the chłopomania trend in Galician culture of late 19th century.
[2] Born in Varshytsia (today, a neighborhood of Kalynivka) in the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine), he was an heir to an old family of lesser szlachta, or Polish landed gentry.
Although Sioło existed only for four years (until 1867), it was highly influential in promotion of Ukrainian national revival, notably among the intelligentsia of Lwów, at that time one of the major academic centres of Central Europe.