Jan Kochanowski

Jan Kochanowski

male, deceased (1584)
Jan Kochanowski (1530 - August 22 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to Polish literary...
Jerzy Pilch

Jerzy Pilch

male, 57 years old
Jerzy Pilch is one of the most important contemporary Polish writers and journalists. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz,...

Juliusz Słowacki

male, deceased (1849)
Juliusz Słowacki (4 September 1809 in Kremenets, Volhynia, Russian Empire now in Ukraine - 3 April 1849 in Paris) was a noted Polish Romantic p...

Bolesław Prus

male, deceased (1912)
Bolesław Prus (pronounced: [[Media:Prus.oggnowiki>[bɔ'lεswaf 'prus]</nowiki>]]; Hrubieszów, August 20, 1847 - May 19, 1912, Warsaw), born Alek...
Andrzej Stasiuk

Andrzej Stasiuk

male, 49 years old
Andrzej Stasiuk (born 25 September 1960 in Warsaw, Poland) is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed contemporary Polish writers,...
Julian Tuwim

Julian Tuwim

male, deceased (1953)
Julian Tuwim (the surname comes from the Hebrew "טובים," "tovim"," "good"; September 13, 1894 – December 27, 1953) was a Jewish-Polish poet born in...
Olga Tokarczuk

Olga Tokarczuk

female, 47 years old
Olga Tokarczuk is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful Polish writers of her generation, particularly noted for the...

Mikołaj Rej

male, deceased (1569)
Mikołaj Re"j" or Mikołaj Re"y" of Nagłowice, Poland (February 4, 1505 – between September 8 and October 5, 1569), was one of the best-known Polis...
Maria Konopnicka

Maria Konopnicka

female, deceased (1910)
Maria Konopnicka was a Polish poet, novelist, translator and essayist. She sometimes used pen names, often "Jan Sawa." Konopnicka was a...
Jan Brzechwa

Jan Brzechwa

male, deceased (1966)
Jan Brzechwa, real name Jan Wiktor Lesman (August 15, 1898 - July 2, 1966) was a Polish poet and author, mostly known for his contribution to...