Ignacy Krasicki

His Excellency Ignacy Krasicki
Archbishop of Gniezno Primate of Poland
Portrait by Per Krafft the Elder, c. 1768
Archdiocese	Gniezno
In office	1796–1801
Predecessor	Michał Jerzy Poniatowski
Successor	Ignacy Raczyński
Personal details
Born	(1735-02-03)3 February 1735 Dubiecko, Sanok Land
Died	14 March 1801(1801-03-14) (aged 66), Berlin
Nationality	Polish
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Occupation	Writer, Primate of Poland
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Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 February 1735 – 14 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, Ermland) and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland^{[citation needed]}), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet^[1] ("the Prince of Poets"), a critic of the clergy,^[1] Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist, and translator from French and Greek.

His most notable literary works were his Fables and Parables (1779), Satires (1779), and poetic letters and religious lyrics, in which the artistry of his poetic language reached its summit.^[1]