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About Wacław Agryppa
Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus was a Lithuanian writer and diplomat from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Possibly a son of Michalo Lituanus, throughout his life he held various offices such as the Great Scribe of Lithuania (1575–1585) and castellan of Minsk (1586–1597) and Smolensk (1590–1597). A Lutheran who openly raised confessional issues in his stories, Agrippa is considered one of the first writers of Lithuanian fiction. Besides being a member of both the Reformation and the Renaissance humanism movements, Agrippa also claimed that ancient Lithuanians spoke Latin because many Lithuanian words retained some elements of the language.
Everything about Wacław Agryppa →- Occupation
- translator
- Position held
- Commandant of Minsk, king's secretary at the Polish court, Polish elector, Marshals of the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Citizenship
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Born
- 1525
- Died
- 1597, 1597