PHOTO: KRZYSZTOF CHOJNACKI / EAST NEWS Pomnik Jana Kochanowskiego przed dworkiem w Czarnolesie. JAN KOCHANOWSKI MONUMENT IN FRONT OF HIS MANOR HOUSE IN CZARNOLAS. JAN KOCHANOWSKI - POLISH RENAISSANCE POET WHO ESTABLISHED POETIC PATTERNS THAT WOULD BECOME INTEGRAL TO POLISH LITERARY LANGUAGE. HE IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST POLISH AND EVEN SLAVIC POET PRIOR TO THE 19TH CENTURY. Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) - wybitny poeta polski epoki renesansu, sekretarz krolewski.