Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich

Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič (Belarusian: Вінцэнт (Вінцук) Дунін-Марцінкевіч; Polish: Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz; February 8, 1808 – December 21, 1884) was a Polish-Belarusian[1] writer, poet, dramatist and social activist and is considered one of the founders of the modern Belarusian literary tradition[2] and national school theatre.

[3] Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič was born in a Belarusian part[4] of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in a noble family (szlachta of Łabędź coat of arms) in the region of Babruysk.

In 1859 he translated Adam Mickiewicz's epic poem Pan Tadeusz into the Belarusian language and published it in Vilnius.

Under the pressure of Russian Empire authorities he succeeded in publishing only the first two chapters of the poem.

His daughter, Kamila Marcinkievič, participated in the uprising and was sentenced to the psychiatric hospital for her political activity.