BORKOWSKI, Aleksander (Leszek) Ferdynand Wincenty Dunin (Dunin B., Al.). Gródek 11.1.1811 — Lemberg (Lwów, now L’viv) 30.11.1896. Count. Polish Politician, Poet and Author, who translated Bhartṛhari’s poems into Polish. Son of Franciszek Antoni Dunin Borkowski and Franciszka Anna Dzieduszycka, brother of poet Jozef Dunin Borkowski (1809-43). From 1827 studies of philology at Czernowicz, then at Lemberg (Lwów), also Sanskrit under von Bohlen at Königsberg. In 1831 active in freedom movement. Later he became member of Galician Landtag and of Reichsrat. Lived in Lemberg (Lwów). Married Severyna Cieleckich (1817–1895), one daughter and one son.
Publications: A number of works unrelated with India.
– Setka Bhartriharisa (poezye hinduskie). 73 p. Poznań 1845.
Sources: M. Tyrowicz, Połski Słownik Biograficzny 2, Kraków 1936, 329f. (s.v. Borkowski); Ö.B.L. 1 (s.v. Dunin B.); works in Bibliografia Polska XIX stulecia. 2. Cracow 1961; *Polish Wikipedia with photo.
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