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- Boleslaw Prus (real name Aleksander Glowacki), 1847-1912, writer and journalist; played critical role in modernizing the Polish novel; co-creator of Polish Realism; humoresques, novellas, short stories: Klopoty babuni (Grandmother's Troubles, 1874), Powracajaca fala (The Returning Wave, 1880), Antek (1881), Kamizelka (The Vest, 1882), novelistic sketches incl. Anielka (1880), the touching tale of a child and poor people wronged by fate or social conditions; novels with a permanent place in Polish literature: Placowka (The Outpost, 1886), the first naturalistic novel, a depiction of agrarian colonization; Lalka (The Doll, 1890), epic panorama of Warsaw life 1878-79; socially engaged Emancypantki (The Emancipationists, 1894); historical-political portrayal of ancient Egypt in Faraon (Pharoah, 1897); wealth of journalism in the Warsaw press: Kroniki (Weekly Chronicles, 1953-70).
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Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 1798 - 26 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Romanticism, he is one of Poland's "Three Bards" (Polish: Trzej Wieszcze) and is widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet. He is also considered one of the greatest Slavic and European poets and has been dubbed a "Slavic bard". A leading Romantic dramatist, he has been compared in Poland and Europe to Byron and Goethe.- Witold Gombrowicz was born on 4 August 1904 in Maloszyce, Poland, Russian Empire [now Maloszyce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for 30 Door Key (1991), Television Theater (1953) and El servicio (1978). He was married to Rita Labrosse. He died on 25 July 1969 in Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Wislawa Szymborska was born on 2 July 1923 in Prowent, Poznanskie [now part of Kórnik, Wielkopolskie], Poland. She was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), Tortures (2017) and Vietnam (2021). She was married to Adam Wlodek. She died on 1 February 2012 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
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Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz was born on 20 February 1894 in Kalnik, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kalnik, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and actor, known for Nad Niemnem (1939), Kochankowie z Marony (1966) and Kochankowie z Marony (2005). He was married to Anna Lilpop. He died on 2 March 1980 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Writer
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Slawomir Mrozek was born on 29 June 1930 in Borzecin, Malopolskie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Kalosze szczescia (1958), Tango and Estudio 1 (1965). He was married to Susana Osorio Rosas and Maria Obremba. He died on 15 August 2013 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Was born in Warsaw from a family of intellectuals dedicated to the socialist cause. Was to become one of Poland's most distinguished writers of prose, characterized by realism and psychological depth. Her first success was Romans Teresy Hennert (The love of Therese Hennert, 1923). She is best known for Granica (The Frontier, 1935); Wiezly zycia (Bonds of Life, 1948) and Medaliony (Medallions, 1947). She died in Warsaw in 1954.
- Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont was born on 7 May 1867 in Kobiele Wielkie, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kobiele Wielkie, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Chlopi (1922), Ziemia obiecana (1927) and Komediantka (1987). He was married to Aurelia Szablowska. He died on 5 December 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 - 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works including plays written in the octosyllabic verse (Zemsta) and in prose (Damy i Huzary) as well as fables, belong to the canon of Polish literature. Fredro was harshly criticized by some of his contemporaries for light-hearted humor or even alleged immorality (Seweryn Goszczynski, 1835) which led to years of his literary silence. Many of Fredro's dozens of plays were published and popularized only after his death. His best-known works have been translated into English, French, German, Russian, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian and Slovak.
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Maria Konopnicka was born on 23 May 1842 in Suwalki, Poland, Russian Empire [now Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Panna z mokra glowa (1995). She was married to Jaroslaw Konopnicki. She died on 8 October 1910 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine].- Writer
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Tadeusz Rózewicz was born on 9 October 1921 in Radomsko, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Drzwi w murze (1974), Echo (1964) and Opadly liscie z drzew (1975). He was married to Wieslawa Kozlowska. He died on 24 April 2014 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.- Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz was born on 24 February 1885 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Nursery Rhyme of a Madman (2017), Farewell to Autumn (1990) and W starym dworku czyli niepodleglosc trójkatów (1984). He was married to Jadwiga Witkiewiczowa. He died on 18 September 1939 in Jeziory, Poleskie, Poland [now Velyki Ozera, Ukraine].
- Stefan Zeromski was born on 14 October 1864 in Strawczyn, Poland, Russian Empire [now Strawczyn, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Wierna rzeka (1936), Story of a Sin (1933) and Wiatr od morza (1930). He was married to Anna Zawadzka and Oktawia Radziwllowicz. He died on 20 November 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Born on January 29, 1962 in Sulechów in a family of teachers; daughter of Wanda Slabowska and Józef Tokarczuk. She spent her childhood in the village of Klenica near Zielona Góra, where her parents taught at the People's University. Then she moved with her family to Kietrz (Opolskie Land); here she attended the High School C. K. Norwid. In 1979 she debuted with two short story in prose "Christmas Killing a Fish" and "My Friends", published in the youth magazine "Na Przelaj" (No. 39; under the nickname Natasza Borodin). After passing her final exams, she studied psychology (clinical specialization) at the University of Warsaw. During this period she worked as a volunteer in a psychiatric hospital. In 1985 she obtained a master's degree, after which in 1986-89 she was employed at the Mental Health Clinic in Walbrzych. Then until 1996 she worked as a psychotherapist at the Methodological Center in Walbrzych, where she trained teachers according to her own program. During this period, she sporadically published poems in the press, published a volume of poems, and also began to develop prose works, fragments of which she published in various magazines, also printed reviews (in the supplement "Zycie Warszawy", "Ex Libris" in 1994-95, "New Books" in 1999 and "Literature on the World" in 2000). Her works were awarded at Walbrzych Literary Paths (1988, 1990). In the early 1990s, she spent some time in England learning the language and working. In 1994 she moved to the village of Krajanów. In the same year she became a member of the Polish Writers' Association. She was on literary scholarships in the United States (1996) and Berlin (2001/02). In 1997 she received the prize of the Koscielski Foundation in Geneva and Passport of "Polityka". In 1998, together with her husband, Roman Fingas, she founded the publishing house "Ruta", which operated until 2004; a bookstore with this name was also established in Walbrzych. From 1999 she belonged to the Polish PEN Club. In 2000 she made her debut as a playwright with the story "Treasure". She was the originator of the International Short Story Festival organized since 2004 in Wroclaw (and since 2005 also in Jelenia Góra). She conducted prose workshops at the Literary and Artistic School of the Jagiellonian University, and since 2008 periodically classes in creative writing at the University of Opole. She joined the editorial team of the quarterly "Krytyka Polityczna". She started cooperation with the Green Party. She traveled around the world, including to England, United States, China, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Syria and Egypt. From February to July 2009 she was on a scholarship from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Science in Wassenaar, where she wrote the novel "Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead". In 2015, together with Karol Maliszewski, she hosted the Mountain of Literature Festival organized in Nowa Ruda and the surrounding area by the "Góra Babel" Cultural Association and the Nowa Ruda Commune.
He has a son, Zbyszek (born in 1986). She lived in Walbrzych, Nowa Ruda, has a house in Krajanów near Nowa Ruda, and currently lives in Wroclaw.- Writer
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Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a.k.a. Cyprian Konstanty Norwid (24 September 1821 - 23 May 1883), was a nationally esteemed Polish poet, dramatist, painter, and sculptor. He was born in the Masovian village of Laskowo-Gluchy near Warsaw. One of his maternal ancestors was the Polish King John III Sobieski. Norwid is regarded as one of the second generation of romantics. He wrote many well-known poems including Fortepian Szopena ("Chopin's Piano"), Moja piosnka ("My Song") and Bema pamieci zalobny-rapsod (A Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of General Bem). Norwid led a tragic and often poverty-stricken life (once he had to live in a cemetery crypt). He experienced increasing health problems, unrequited love, harsh critical reviews, and increasing social isolation. He lived abroad most of his life, especially in London and, in Paris where he died. Norwid's original and non-conformist style was not appreciated in his lifetime and partially due to this fact, he was excluded from high society. His work was only rediscovered and appreciated by the Young Poland art movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He is now considered one of the four most important Polish Romantic poets. Other literary historians, however, consider this an oversimplification, and regard his style to be more characteristic of classicism and parnassianism.- Henryk Sienkiewicz was born on 5 May 1846 in Wola Okrzejska, Poland, Russian Empire [now Wola Okrzejska, Lubelskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Quo Vadis (1951), Na jasnym brzegu (1921) and Invasion 1700 (1962). He was married to Maria Babska, Maria Romanowska and Maria Emilia Kazimiera Szetkiewicz. He died on 15 November 1916 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland.
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Julian Tuwim was born on 13 September 1894 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Schindler's List (1993), Zolnierz królowej Madagaskaru (1940) and Zolnierz królowej Madagaskaru (1958). He was married to Stefania Marchew. He died on 27 December 1953 in Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland.- Writer
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Stanislaw Wyspianski was born on 15 January 1869 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Sad bozy (1911), Wesele (1973) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). He was married to Theodora Teofila Pytko. He died on 28 November 1907 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland].- Tadeusz Borowski was born on 12 November 1922 in Zhitomir, Ukrainian SSR [now Zhytomyr, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Landscape After Battle (1970), Pozegnanie z Maria (1993) and Szkice warszawskie (1970). He died on 3 July 1951 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Juliusz Slowacki (French: Jules Slowacki; 4 September 1809 - 3 April 1849) was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the "Three Bards" of Polish literature - a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern Polish drama. His works often feature elements of Slavic pagan traditions, Polish history, mysticism and orientalist. His style includes the employment of neologisms and irony. His primary genre was the drama, but he also wrote lyric poetry. His most popular works include the dramas Kordian and Balladyna and the poems Beniowski, Testament Maj and Anhelli.
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Boleslaw Lesmian was born on 22 January 1877 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Dziewczyny do wziecia (1972). He died on 5 November 1937 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Stanislaw Lem was a visionary Polish author known for Solaris (1972).
He was born on September 12, 1921, in Lwów, Poland. His father, Samuel Lem, was a wealthy laryngologist who served in the Austrian army. His mother, Sabina Woller, was a homemaker. Although he was born into a Polish-Jewish family, Lem was raised a Catholic and later became an atheist. He graduated from the Lwów Gymnazium in 1939, then studied medicine at the Lvov Medical Institute in 1940-1941. During WWII, he survived the Nazi occupation of Lwów and worked as a mechanic and welder for a German firm until 1944.
After World War II Lem escaped from the Soviet occupation of Germany and moved to Krakow, Poland, as a repatriate. There he completed his medical studies at Jagellonian University, without taking the doctor's degree. He worked at the Konserwatorium Naukoznawcze as a research assistant for psychologist Dr. Choynowski. From 1946-1949 Lem was involved in medical research in psychology, which became a turning point in his life. He started writing poetry and science fiction in 1946, but his first serious novel, "Hospital of the Transfiguration", was suppressed by the Polish government for eight years. It was released only in 1956, when freedom of speech was earned after the "Polish October" popular uprising.
Lem quit medicine in 1949, because he did not want to be drafted into the army. He married a doctor instead of being one. In 1949 he became a professional writer and continued creating his increasingly unusual novels: "The Investigation", "Eden", "Return from the Stars". The 1960s and 1970s were the most productive for Lem. At that time he wrote 'Solaris', 'The Invincible', 'The Cyberiad', 'His Master's Voice', 'The Star Diaries', 'The Futurological Congress', and 'Tales of Pirx the Pilot'. His gift of a visionary materialized in 'Summa Technologiae' (Sum of Technologies, 1964), which tackled problems of virtual reality. Lem showed his talent for premonition in "Katar" (1975), which predicted international terrorism, and in "Observations on the Spot"' (1982), which showed absurdity of a conflict between two civilizations.
His novel 'Solaris' was adapted into eponymous films twice. First came the Russian-made film adaptation by director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972, starring Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk. Lem spent six months working with Tarkovsky in Moscow, but their collaboration ended in a bitter conflict over the changes and additions to the original story. After seeing edited parts of the 1972 film, Lem said of Tarkovsky: "Instead of focusing on deeper moral questions related to frontiers of human knowledge, he made a drama-type 'Crime and Punishment' in space, by making up unnecessary characters of parents and relatives, then adding a hut on an island." "Tarkovsky was a genius, but he was moving in the opposite direction from my book", also said Lem. Upon his doctor's advice Lem did not want to see the 2002 remake by director Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone.
"Solaris" (1961) is arguably the best known work of Lem's works. It deals with the problem of human existence in the world of the unknown. It also shows the inevitability of misunderstandings in human contacts with other worlds. Planet Solaris is inhabited by a single Plasma Ocean organism with the eerie ability to materialize human thoughts. When astronauts become more aggressive in forcing contact with Solaris, it confronts them with pushing the buttons of their most painful thoughts by recreating their dead wives and relatives, and virtually bringing the dead back to life in front of their eyes. Obsolete biological human impulses are shown in stark contrast with the magnitude of the ocean-size organism. At some point humans become an irrational liability to their machine partner, the spaceship. Lem's imagination and talent for creation of alternative reality challenges the limits of human knowledge.
"Past is more perfect than future, which makes me sad," said Lem. Although some of his predictions came true, he expressed his disappointment about the failure of many positive prognosis that were made during the 1960s and 1970s. He died on March 27, 2006, in Kraków, and was laid to rest in the Salwatorski cemetery in Kraków, Poland. His books sold over 27 million copies in 41 languages. - Czeslaw Milosz was born on 30 June 1911 in Szetejnie, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Seteniai, Lithuania]. He was a writer, known for Robinson warszawski (1950), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Dolina Issy (1982). He was married to Carol Marie Thigpen and Janina Dluska. He died on 14 August 2004 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Miron Bialoszewski was born on 30 June 1922 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953). He died on 17 June 1983 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Ryszard Kapuscinski was born on 4 March 1932 in Pinsk, Poleskie, Poland [now Pinsk, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Arena (1975), Another Day of Life (2018) and Stiff (2017). He was married to Alicja Mielczarek. He died on 22 January 2007 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Eliza Orzeszkowa was born on 6 June 1841 in Milkowszczyzna, Poland, Russian Empire [now Milkaushchina, Belarus]. She was a writer, known for Nad Niemnem (1939), Cham (1931) and Nad Niemnem (1987). She was married to Stanislaw Nahorski and Piotr Orzeszko. She died on 18 May 1910 in Grodno, Grodnenskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now in Hrodzienskaja voblasc, Belarus].
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Tadeusz Konwicki was born on 22 June 1926 in Nowa Wilejka, Wilenskie, Poland [now Naujoji Vilnia, Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a writer and director, known for Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza (1989), Dolina Issy (1982) and The Last Day of Summer (1958). He was married to Danuta Konwicka. He died on 7 January 2015 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Antoni Slonimski was born on 15 November 1895 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for For Crimes Not Theirs (1938), Television Theater (1953) and Mrzonka (1985). He died on 4 July 1976 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Adam Zagajewski was born on 21 June 1945 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), Television Theater (1953) and View of Krakow (2013). He was married to Maja Wodecka. He died on 21 March 2021 in Kraków, Poland.
- Born in Russów. Studied sociology in Brussels and Warsaw. Published first fiction in 1925 after years of working as a publicist. Grew immensely popular and is now known as 'the mother of Polish literature'. First literary success was a collection of short stories published as "Ludzie stamtad" (1925). Her greatest literary achievement, however, is her four part novel "Noce i dnie" (Nights and Days, 1934), a family saga. Her work includes "Znaki zycia" (Signs of Life, 1938) and "Gwiazda zaranna" (The Morning Star), a collection of short stories published 1955.
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Zbigniew Herbert was born on 29 October 1924 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Petla (1986). He was married to Katarzyna Dzieduszycka. He died on 28 July 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Jerzy Andrzejewski was born on 19 August 1909 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Innocent Sorcerers (1960) and Gates to Paradise (1968). He was married to Maria Abgarowicz and Nona Barbara Siekierzynska. He died on 19 April 1983 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Hanna Krall was born on 20 May 1935 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is a writer and actress, known for Daleko od okna (2000), Television Theater (1953) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004).- Schulz is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable writers in Polish literature of the first half of the 20h Century. He was born in Drohobycz, a small village near Lvov, where he would live until he was shot by the Nazis on the street on November 19th, 1942. By then, Schulz had published two books. They were collections of stories and prose texts of extremely original style and contents. The first collection was published as The Cinnamon Shops in 1933; the second, published as Sanatorium Pod Klepsydra, was published in 1937. Schulz's work has often been compared to Franz Kafka's.
- Andrzej Stasiuk was born on 25 September 1960 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a writer and actor, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), Television Theater (1953) and Wino truskawkowe (2008). He is married to Monika Sznajderman. They have one child.
- Count Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 - 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, ethnologist, linguist, traveler and author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a celebrated figure in Poland. He is known chiefly for his picaresque novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Born into affluent Polish nobility, Potocki lived abroad from an early age and was primarily educated in Switzerland. He frequently visited the salons of Paris and toured Europe before temporarily returning to Poland in 1778. As a soldier, he fought in Austrian ranks in the War of the Bavarian Succession, and in 1789 was appointed a military engineer in the Polish army. During his extensive voyages he actively documented prevailing customs, ongoing wars, revolutions and national awakenings, which made him a pioneer of travel literature. Fascinated by the occult, Potocki studied ancient cultures, rituals and secret societies. Simultaneously, he was a member of parliament and took part in the Great Sejm shortly before the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist. In spite of his literary career, Potocki became burdened by mental illness, melancholy as well as severe clinical lycanthropy, which led him to believe that he was transformed into a werewolf. He committed suicide by gunshot in 1815, however, the circumstances of his death remain controversial to this day.
- Gabriela Zapolska was born on 30 March 1857 in Podhajce, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Pidhaytsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Sezonowa milosc (1918), O czym sie nie mówi (1924) and O czym sie nie mówi... (1939). She was married to Stanislaw Janowski and Konstanty Sniezko-Blocki. She died on 17 December 1921 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine].
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Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz was born on 10 August 1898 in Okunevo, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Hlybokaye Raion, Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer and actor, known for District Attorney (1933), Bialy Murzyn (1939) and Znachor (1937). He died on 20 September 1939 in Kuty, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Kuty, Ukraine].- Writer
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Wojciech Zukrowski was born on 14 April 1916 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Zapach psiej siersci (1982), Lotna (1959) and Ostatnie dni (1969). He was married to Maria Woltersdorf. He died on 26 August 2000 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Wieslaw Mysliwski was born on 25 March 1932 in Dwikozy, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. He is a writer, known for Kamien na kamieniu (1995), The Palace (1980) and Television Theater (1953).
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Jerzy Pilch was born on 10 August 1952 in Wisla, Slaskie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Spis cudzoloznic (1994), Television Theater (1953) and The Mighty Angel (2014). He was married to Kinga Strzelecka. He died on 29 May 2020 in Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland.- Joanna Chmielewska was born on 2 April 1932 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was a writer, known for Lekarstwo na milosc (1966), Skradziona kolekcja (1979) and Television Theater (1953). She was married to Stanislaw Kuhn. She died on 7 October 2013 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Andrzej Sapkowski was born on 21 June 1948 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is a writer, known for The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021), The Witcher (2019) and The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep.- Writer
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Dorota Maslowska was born on 3 July 1983 in Wejherowo, Pomorskie, Poland. She is a writer and actress, known for Snow White and Russian Red (2009), Television Theater (1953) and Bowie w Warszawie (Audioplay) (2022).- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (28 July 1812 - 19 March 1887) was a Polish writer, publisher, historian, journalist, scholar, painter, and author who produced more than 200 novels and 150 novellas, short stories, and art reviews, which makes him the most prolific writer in the history of Polish literature. He is best known for his epic series on the history of Poland, comprising twenty-nine novels in seventy-nine parts.
- Manuela Gretkowska was born on 1 August 1964 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. She is a writer, known for She-Shaman (1996), Television Theater (1953) and Egoisci (2000).
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Wojciech Kuczok was born on 18 October 1972 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland. He is a writer and actor, known for The Welts (2004), Drowsiness (2008) and Skarbek. He is married to Agata Passent.- Actor
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Mariusz Szczygiel was born on 5 September 1966 in Zlotoryja, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is an actor and writer, known for Gottland (2014), Chlopi 2050, czyli Agronauci w czasach katastrofy klimatycznej (Audioplay) (2020) and Vsechnopárty (2005).- Producer
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Joanna Ronikier was born on 12 November 1934 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is a producer and writer, known for Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni... (1980), Amok (2017) and Odmienne stany swiadomosci (2021). She is married to Michal Ronikier. She was previously married to Ludwig Zimmerer.- Kazimierz Brandys was born on 27 October 1916 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Jak byc kochana (1963), Samson (1961) and Lalka (1968). He was married to Maria Zenowicz. He died on 11 March 2000 in Paris, France.
- Marian Brandys was born on 25 January 1912 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. He was a writer, known for Panic on the Train (1961), Tarpany (1962) and Television Theater (1953). He was married to Halina Mikolajska. He died on 20 November 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Jan Brzechwa was born on 15 August 1898 in Zhmerinka, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zhmerynka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. Jan was a writer, known for Pan Kleks w kosmosie (1988), O dwóch takich, co ukradli ksiezyc (1962) and Kleks Academy (2023). Jan was married to Karolina Lentowa, Maria Sunderland and Janina Magajewska. Jan died on 2 July 1966 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Writer
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Leon Kruczkowski was born on 28 June 1900 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960), Young Chopin (1952) and Die Sonnenbrucks (1951). He died on 1 August 1962 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski was born on 20 May 1919 in Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), The Death Train (1998) and Apostrophes (1975). He was married to Croce, Lidia and Stojanowska, Krystyna. He died on 4 July 2000 in Naples, Campania, Italy.
- Melchior Wankowicz was born on 10 January 1892 in Kaluzyce, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kolyuzhitsa, Minsk Oblast, Belarus]. He was a writer, known for The Gateway of Europe (1999). He died on 10 September 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Seweryna Szmaglewska was born on 11 February 1916 in Przyglów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Przyglów, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]. Seweryna was a writer, known for Czarne stopy (1987). Seweryna died on 7 July 1992 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Pawel Huelle was born on 10 September 1957 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Weiser (2001), Unkenrufe (2005) and O dwóch takich, co nic nie ukradli (1999). He was married to Ida Lotocka-Huelle. He died on 27 November 2023 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.- Writer
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Zygmunt Miloszewski was born on 8 May 1976 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a writer and actor, known for Ziarno prawdy (2015), Rage and Mierzeja (2022).- Edmund Niziurski was born on 10 July 1925 in Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Tajemnica dzikiego szybu (1956), Weekend z dziewczyna (1968) and Kryptonim Nektar (1963). He was married to Zofia Barbara Kowalska. He died on 9 October 2013 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina was born on 10 April 1899 in Bronowice, Poland, Russian Empire [now Bronowice, Lubelskie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Rzeka klamstwa (1989), Tak w kazdym porcie... (1947) and Zlota kaczka (1976). She was married to Józef Zaremba. She died on 28 September 1986 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Writer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ernest Bryll was born on 1 March 1935 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Nowy (1970), Pomni imya svoye (1974) and 80 Millions (2011). He died on 17 March 2024 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Jan Lechon was born on 13 March 1899 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Glos serca (1931), Swiat bez granic (1931) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 8 June 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.- Julian Stryjkowski was born on 27 April 1905 in Stryj, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Stryi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Austeria (1982) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 8 August 1996 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Andrzej Strug was born on 28 November 1871 in Lublin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Mocny czlowiek (1929), Grzeszna milosc (1929) and Przedwiosnie (1928). He died on 9 December 1937 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Stanislaw Przybyszewski was born on 7 May 1868 in Lojewo, Prussia, Germany [now Lojewo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Mocny czlowiek (1929), Sumerki (1917) and Topiel (1917). He was married to Jadwiga Kasprowicz and Dagny Juel. He died on 23 November 1927 in Jaronty, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Konstanty Ildefons Galczynski was born on 23 January 1905 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Strachy (1938), Television Theater (1953) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). He died on 6 December 1953 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actress
- Writer
Ewa Lipska was born on 8 October 1945 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. She is an actress and writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), View of Krakow (2013) and Kornel Filipowicz (1993).- Kornel Filipowicz was born on 27 October 1913 in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ternopil, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Szklana kula (1972), Pieklo i niebo (1966) and Glos z tamtego swiata (1962). He was married to Maria Próchnicka and Maria Jarema. He died on 28 February 1990 in Kraków, Krakowskie [now in Malopolskie], Poland.
- Maria Kuncewiczowa was born on 30 October 1895 in Samara, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was a writer, known for Dwa ksiezyce (1993) and Cudzoziemka (1986). She died on 15 July 1989 in Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland.
- Leopold Tyrmand was born on 16 May 1920 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Naprawde wczoraj (1963), Filip (2022) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). He was married to Mary Ellen Fox, Barbara Hoff and Malgorzata Rubel. He died on 19 March 1985 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Janusz Korczak was born on 22 July 1878 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Kajtek Czarodziej (2023), Television Theater (1953) and Król Macius I (1958). He died on 6 August 1942 in Treblinka Concentration Camp, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Aleksander Kaminski was born on 28 January 1903 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Aleksander was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004) and Stones for the Rampart (2014). Aleksander was married to Janina Kaminska. Aleksander died on 15 March 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Stanislaw Dygat was born on 5 December 1914 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for Lydia Ate the Apple (1958), Spóznieni przechodnie (1962) and Zona dla Australijczyka (1964). He was married to Kalina Jedrusik and Wladyslawa Nawrocka. He died on 29 January 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer was born on 12 February 1865 in Ludzmierz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ludzmierz, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Romans panny Opolskiej (1928), Legenda Tatr (1995) and Mysliwy (1974). He died on 18 January 1940 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Writer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Andrzej Bart was born on 1 January 1951 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. Andrzej is a writer and director, known for The Reverse (2009), Television Theater (1953) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004).- Andrzej Franaszek was born on 28 April 1971 in Poland. He is a writer, known for Pokolenie '89 (2002), Nadal wracam. Portret Ryszarda Krynickiego (2016) and Zwyczajna dobroc (1998).
- Stanislaw Czycz was born on 6 April 1931 in Gwozdziec, Malopolskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Nad rzeka, której nie ma (1991) and Lasst uns frei fliegen über den Garten (1974). He died on 29 June 1996 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Henryk Grynberg was born on 4 July 1936 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Birthplace (1992), Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life (2010) and Henryk Grynberg About Birthplace (2010).
- Kornel Makuszynski was born on 8 January 1884 in Stryj, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), Spotkania (1957) and Szatan z siódmej klasy (1960). He was married to Janina Gluzinska and Emilie Bazenska. He died on 31 July 1953 in Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Janusz Anderman was born on 7 April 1949 in Wloszczowa, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. Janusz is a writer, known for Mniejsze zlo (2009), Television Theater (1953) and Biale tango (1981).- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Józef Hen is a writer and director. He attended pedagogical school in USSR and Political Military Academy in Lublin, Poland. He was a soldier between 1944-1952. He made his debut as commentator in 1944, since 1958 he has collaborated with cinematography. He is a member and activist of Polish Writers' Association, member of PEN Club and Polish Filmmakers' Association. He is a laureate of many awards for his artistic activity.- Writer
- Actor
Janusz Glowacki was born on 13 September 1938 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for Cold War (2018), Polowanie na muchy (1969) and Trzeba zabic te milosc (1972). He was married to Olena Leonenko and Ewa Zadrzynska. He died on 19 August 2017 in Egypt.- Marek Hlasko was born on 14 January 1934 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for The Eighth Day of the Week (1958), The Noose (1958) and Skarb kapitana Martensa (1957). He was married to Sonja Ziemann. He died on 14 June 1969 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany.
- Andrzej Bursa was born on 21 March 1932 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Killing Auntie (1985) and Killing Auntie (2013). He was married to Ludwika Szemiot. He died on 15 November 1957 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Marek Nowakowski was born on 2 April 1935 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer and actor, known for The Weather Forecast (1983), Przystan (1971) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). He died on 16 May 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Roman Bratny was born on 5 August 1921 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Trudna milosc (1954), Kontrybucja (1967) and Powrót (1960). He was married to Alicja Wahl. He died on 5 November 2017 in Poland.
- Edward Redlinski was born on 23 April 1940 in Frampol, Podlaskie, Poland. He is a writer, known for Awans (1975), Szczesliwego Nowego Jorku (1997) and 150 na godzine (1972).
- Adam Wazyk was born on 29 October 1905 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Niedaleko Warszawy (1954) and Domek z kart (1954). He died on 13 August 1982 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Maria Rodziewiczówna was born on 2 February 1863 in Pieniucha, Poland, Russian Empire [now Peniukha, Belarus]. She was a writer, known for Wrzos (1938), Florian (1938) and Miedzy ustami a brzegiem pucharu (1987). She died on 6 November 1944 in Leonów, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Edward Stachura was born on 18 August 1937 in Charvieu-Chavagneux, Isère, France. He was a writer, known for Axiliad (1986), Tout ce que tu possèdes (2012) and Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004). He died on 24 July 1979 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Andrzej Szczypiorski was born on 3 February 1928 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Time Past (1961), Troje i las (1963) and Szkice warszawskie (1970). He died on 16 May 2000 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski was born on 24 March 1885 in Rzeszów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Rzeszów, Podkarpackie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Luk Erosa (1987), Black Wings (1963) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 8 August 1944 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Emil Zegadlowicz was born on 20 July 1888 in Gorzen Górny, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Gorzen Górny, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Domek z kart (1954) and Nightmares (1979). He died on 24 February 1941 in Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland.
- Michal Choromanski was born on 22 June 1904 in Yelizavetgrad, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirovohrad, Ukraine]. Michal was a writer, known for Jealousy and Medicine (1973), Horror w Wesolych Bagniskach (1995) and Schodami w góre, schodami w dól (1988). Michal died on 24 May 1972 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Waclaw Berent was born on 28 September 1873 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. Waclaw was a writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), Fachowiec (1983) and Sceny nocne (1990). Waclaw died on 19 November 1940 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actress
- Writer
Malgorzata Szejnert was born on 28 April 1936 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is an actress and writer, known for Jesli sie odnajdziemy (1983).- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Marcin Swietlicki was born on 24 December 1961 in Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland. He is an actor and composer, known for Television Theater (1953), Aniol w Krakowie (2002) and Malzowina (1998).- Michal Balucki was born on 29 September 1837 in Krakau, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for For Crimes Not Theirs (1938), Bialy Murzyn (1939) and Klub kawalerów (1962). He died on 17 October 1901 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland].
- Jan Józef Szczepanski was born on 12 January 1919 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Stajnia na Salvatorze (1967), Guests Are Coming (1962) and Wolne miasto (1958). He died on 20 February 2003 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Pola Gojawiczynska was born on 1 April 1896 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Girls of Nowolipki (1937), Dziewczeta z Nowolipek (1986) and Rajska jablon (1986). She died on 29 March 1963 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.