50 litas coin issued to commemorate the 200th birth Anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz (Adomas Mickevicius). Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (pronounced: [mitsˈkʲevitʂ] ( listen); in Russian Адам Мицкевич, in Belarusian, Адам Міцкевіч; in Lithuanian, Adomas Bernardas Mickevičius; December 24, 1798 – November 26, 1855) is generally regarded as the greatest Polish Romantic poet. He was one of Poland's Three Bards, along with Zygmunt Krasiński and Juliusz Słowacki. Mickiewicz is also considered the greatest Slavic poet, alongside Alexander Pushkin, and a leading author of the Romantic school.