Maria Konopnicka

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Also Known As	Marja Wasiłowska • Jan Sawa
Born	May 23, 1842 • Suwałki • Poland
Died	October 8, 1910 (aged 68) • Lviv • Austria-Hungary

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Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

Polish poet

Tadeusz Borowski

Polish author

Kazimierz Tetmajer

Polish author

Adolf Dygasiński

Polish writer

Bolesław Prus

Polish writer

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish poet

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish author

Maria Dąbrowska

Polish author and critic

Adam Zagajewski

Polish writer

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer

Jerzy Andrzejewski

Polish author

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

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Czesław Miłosz

Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat

Juliusz Słowacki

Polish author

Stefan Żeromski

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Witold Gombrowicz

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I.L. Peretz

Polish-Jewish writer

Adam Asnyk

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Kazimierz Brandys

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Zbigniew Herbert

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