Was Adam Mickiewicz Polish?

Adam Mickiewicz, in full Adam Bernard Mickiewicz, (born December 24, 1798, Zaosye, near Nowogródek, Belorussia, Russian Empire [now in Belarus]—died November 26, 1855, Constantinople [now Istanbul], Turkey), one of the greatest poets of Poland and a lifelong apostle of Polish national freedom.

Is Adam Mickiewicz Polish or Lithuanian?

Mickiewicz was born in the Russian-partitioned territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which had been part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and was active in the struggle to win independence for his home region.

What is the pilgrim by Adam Mickiewicz about?

To sum up, “The Pilgrim” is the most explicit sonnet of the whole cycle. It is the only one in which Mickiewicz reveals the real motive of his journey, and the one in which the clash between longing for his homeland and fascination with the Crimea is so strongly visible and tightly linked with each other.