Adam Gorczyński

Adam Gorczyński (1805 – 24 May 1876) was a Polish writer and poet of the Romantic era, author of popular novels in the style of ''gawęda szlachecka'' and Old Polish ''silvae rerum'', a painter of the Polish Romantic era, an artist of Polish landscapes, co-founder of the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts, politically engaged in Polish affairs in Galicia, a social activist, and owner of estates in Brzeźnica and Marcyporęba. He used the literary pseudonym "Jadam of Zator". In the 21st century, he became the patron of cultural initiatives in his hometown of Brzeźnica. Provided by Wikipedia