Ignacy Krasicki
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Ignacy Krasicki (Dubiecko, February 3, 1735Template:Ndash March 14, 1801, Berlin), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek.
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