Emil Korytko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Korytko

Polish political activist

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1813

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1839

Profession: translator, anthropologist, philologist, linguist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Emil Antoni Korytko (7 September 1813 – 31 January 1839) was a Polish political activist in the period of the Great Emigration, who was exiled to Ljubljana, Carniola (now Slovenia) and became an important ethnographer, philologist and translator there.
His legacy are collections of Slovene folk songs and vivid descriptions of Carniolan folk customs.
He significantly contributed to the mutual dialogue between Polish and Slovene authors and readers.