Morsztyn, Jan Andrzej (1620-1693)

Polish baroque poet and diplomat. He wrote two collections of poems: Kanikula/Dog Days 1647 and Lutnia/The Lyre 1661. His range includes scurrilous epigrams, love songs, and religious verse. He also translated from French Pierre Corneille's tragedy Le Cid.

Although Morsztyn was a highly skilled and successful courtier, he was the victim of intrigue in 1683, when an accusation of treason forced him to leave Poland for France, where he died ten years later.