Polish revolutionary poet Gustav Ehrenberg: the history of life, links and creativity

Gustav Ehrenberg is a Polish poet, writer and revolutionary. His life is an extremely touching story filled with dramas and mysteries. Plunged into it, you involuntarily realize that it is more like a well-thought-out novel than the true chronicles of the past. And yet all that is written below is pure truth, as evidenced by official sources.

Mystery of birth

So, what was so remarkable about Gustav Ehrenberg? The biography of this poet begins with what presents us the first extraordinary turn of events. According to the generally accepted version, the father of the boy was Alexander I, and the mother - the baroness Helena Dzerzhanovskaya. Naturally, their union was a secret, but because of the high origin of the child knew only a few.

The Baroness also could not raise a boy, because such a thing would ruin her reputation forever. Therefore, according to official data, Gustav Erenberg was born into a family of a simple baker on February 14, 1818. When he grew up a bit, his parents told him about a real mother. But as for his father, it can not be said for certain: did the boy know about his roots or did it remain a mystery forever?

Youth and adolescence

Unfortunately, Gustav's adoptive parents died suddenly. The blessing for the upbringing of the boy was taken by Pavel Osipovich Morenheim, a well-known Russian diplomat of the time. Within the walls of his house Gustav Erenberg received his primary education - he learned to write, read and mastered history.

In 1826 a young man was sent to the Warsaw Lyceum. The cost of training here was quite high, but our hero was saved by the fact that he regularly received a scholarship from St. Petersburg. It is clear, designed it Alexander I, because he could not leave his son, even illegitimate, without means of subsistence. In 1830 the Warsaw Lyceum was closed because of the November uprising, and Ehrenberg was transferred to the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

The revolutionary nature of the writer

While studying at the university, Gustav Ehrenberg enters the student patriotic circle. It is here that the spirit of the revolutionary awakens in him, which completely absorbs him. Together with his teammates, he begins to advocate the idea of "disagreement and freedom," which draws the attention of the authorities to them.

In 1836, Ehrenberg is part of the "Union of Polish People". At that time it was one of the main revolutionary organizations in the country, led by Shimon Konarsky himself. Moreover, after returning to Warsaw, the poet opens the branch of the organization there, thereby becoming one of its leaders.

Gustav Ehrenberg: links

The organization of Gustav Ehrenberg quickly attracted the attention of the police. Therefore, in March 1837, he was taken to the X Pavilion of the Warsaw citadel for questioning. The place was terrible, and the people who worked there knew how to unleash the language. However, Gustav was too much for them, and because of the lack of evidence, he was released to freedom.

But in 1838 he was again pinned to the wall. As it turns out later, the police caught one of the members of the underground organization, and he gave out all who were in it. Assessing Ehrenberg's contribution to the revolutionary movement, the court sentenced him to death. However, soon revised his decision and changed the punishment for a lifelong exile in Siberia.

Gustav Ehrenberg got to the place only a year later, as the road from Warsaw to Irkutsk at that time took at least 8 months. Initially he was assigned to the Nerchinsk mining plant, but in 1841 he was transferred to the Aleksandrovskoye smelting plant. The work here was hard, but the poet was saved by his education. Knowledge of several languages allowed him to work as a teacher, which sometimes freed him from hard labor.

In 1854, Ehrenberg transferred to the settlement, which favorably affects his work. All his free time he spends on writing poetry and translating foreign books. In 1856, Alexander II declared the amnesty to the majority of political prisoners, under which the Polish revolutionary also fell.

Home Ehrenberg returns only in 1858. However, in 1862 a new wave of repression spreads across the country. As a result, the writer again falls into the link, though, this time it lasts only a few years.

Creativity of the poet

Gustav Erenberg began to write in his student years. In 1831 he created a poem titled "The people go to battle", which later became a hymn for many youth democratic organizations of the time. At the same time over the years the composition fell on the music of Mozart, turning into a song.

More adult works Ehrenberg write during the exile in Siberia. Most of them will be included in a collection of poems called "The Sound of Past Years". Also the poet's pen belongs to the poem "Stella Maris".

Personal life

After in 1858 Ehrenberg returned home from exile, he married. But the first marriage lasted only one year. Soon after the wedding, the young wife got cold and died.

To survive the bitterness of loss, another woman helps him, whose kindness and affection saves the soul of the poet. Afterwards he will marry again. Their marriage will give Ehrenburg a long-awaited son, whom he will name Kazimierz.

The poet-revolutionary died in 1895, not far from Krakow.