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Born November 17, 1905 • Warsaw • Poland • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died August 13, 1982 (aged 76) • Warsaw • Poland
Notable Works “Oczy i usta” • “Semafory”
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Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
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Mieczysław Jastrun
Polish author and poet
Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, c. 1980
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
Polish writer
Herbert, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish author
Kraszewski, detail of an oil painting by X.J. Kaniewski; in the National Museum, Warsaw
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
Polish writer
Ignacy Krasicki, detail of an oil painting by Per Krafft, 1767; in the National Museum of Warsaw.
Ignacy Krasicki
Polish poet
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Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Polish poet
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Józef Wittlin
Polish author
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Antoni Słonimski
Polish writer and translator
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Jerzy Putrament
Polish author and editor
Orkan, Władysław
Władysław Orkan
Polish writer
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Tadeusz Miciński
Polish writer
Stanisław Przybyszewski.
Stanisław Przybyszewski
Polish author
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Sarah Josepha Hale.
Sarah Josepha Hale
American author
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Kay Boyle
American author
Black-and-white portrait of Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, resting his head on one hand and wearing a pinstripe suit and tie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
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Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian author

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