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Born February 19, 1912 • Warsaw • Poland
Died November 14, 1990 (aged 78) • Warsaw • Poland
Notable Works “Szczury” • “The Dead and the Living Sea” • “Żołnierze”
Mieczysław Jastrun
Polish author and poet
Stanisław Lem
Polish author
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish author
Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, c. 1980
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
Maria Dąbrowska
Polish author and critic
Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
Józef Wittlin
Polish author
Ferdynand Goetel
Polish author
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
American author
Kazimierz Pochwalski: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Polish author
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Polish writer
Stefan Żeromski, pastel by Leon Wyczótłkowski, 1904; in the National Museum, Kraków, Poland.
Stefan Żeromski
Polish author
Witold Gombrowicz
Polish author
Kazimierz Brandys
Polish author
Herbert, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish author
Kraszewski, detail of an oil painting by X.J. Kaniewski; in the National Museum, Warsaw
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
Polish writer
Maria Kuncewiczowa
Polish author
Ignacy Krasicki, detail of an oil painting by Per Krafft, 1767; in the National Museum of Warsaw.
Ignacy Krasicki
Polish poet
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer, screenwriter, and film director