Polish literature

Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. The majority of Polish literature was written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland throughout the ages (including Latin, Yiddish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and German) also add up to the Polish literary traditions.

List of names

Writers and novelists

Main article: List of Polish language authors

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Writers in chronological order of birth:

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• Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)
• Jan Potocki (1761–1815)
• Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887)
• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910)
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916)
• Boles?aw Prus (1847–1912)
• Stefan ?eromski (1864–1925)
• W?adys?aw Reymont (1867–1925)
• Zofia Na?kowska (1885–1954)
• Maria D?browska (1889–1965)
• Bruno Schulz (1892–1942)
• Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985)
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969)
• Eugeniusz ?ytomirski (1911–1975)
• Stanis?aw Lem (* 1921)
• Tadeusz Konwicki (* 1926)
• Janusz A. Zajdel (1938–1985)
• Andrzej Sapkowski (* 1948)
• Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz (* 1964)
• Dorota Mas?owska (* 1983)

Poets

Main article: List of Polish language poets

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• Biernat of Lublin (1465? – after 1529).
• Miko?aj Rej of Nag?owice (1505–1569)
• Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584)
• Klemens Janicki (Janicius) (1516–1543)
• Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)
• Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855)
• Juliusz S?owacki (1809–1849)
• Zygmunt Krasi?ski (1812–1859)
• Cyprian Kamil Norwid (1821–1883)
• Boles?aw Le?mian (approx. 1877–1937)
• Jan Brzechwa (1900–1966)
• Tadeusz Ró?ewicz (b. 1921)
• Miron Bia?oszewski (1922–1983)
• Julian Tuwim (1894–1953)
• W?adys?aw Broniewski (1897–1962)
• Konstanty Ildefons Ga?czy?ski (1905–1953)
• Czes?aw Mi?osz (June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004), Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980
• Eugeniusz ?ytomirski (1911–1975)
• Wis?awa Szymborska (b. 1923), Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996
• Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957)
• Halina Po?wiatowska (1935–1967)
• Ewa Lipska (b. 1945)
• Rafa? Wojaczek (1945–1971)
• Cezary Gero? (1960–1998)
• Marcin ?wietlicki (b. 1961)

Essayists

• Pawe? Huelle (b. 1957)
• Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski (b. 1932)
• Jerzy Pilch (b. 1952)
• Ludwik Stomma