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Born September 28, 1873 • Warsaw • Russian Empire
Died November 22, 1940 (aged 67) • Warsaw
Notable Works “Fachowiec” • “Nurt” • “Ozimina” • “Próchno” • “Żywe kamienie”
Movement / Style Young Poland movement
Kazimierz Pochwalski: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Polish writer
Kraszewski, detail of an oil painting by X.J. Kaniewski; in the National Museum, Warsaw
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
Polish writer
Stefan Żeromski, pastel by Leon Wyczótłkowski, 1904; in the National Museum, Kraków, Poland.
Stefan Żeromski
Polish author
Karol Irzykowski
Polish author and critic
Reymont, Władysław Stanisław
Władysław Stanisław Reymont
Polish author
Stanisław Lem
Polish author
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish author
Sholem Asch
Sholem Asch
American writer
Maria Dąbrowska
Polish author and critic
Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Polish author
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
Witold Gombrowicz
Polish author
Kazimierz Brandys
Polish author
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
Adolf Rudnicki
Polish author
Tadeusz Konwicki
Polish writer, screenwriter, and film director
Adam Ważyk
Polish author