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Born October 4, 1741 • Poland
Died September 16, 1825 (aged 83) • Belarus
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Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Mickiewicz
Polish 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
Słowacki, Juliusz
Juliusz Słowacki
Polish author
Peretz, I.L.
I.L. Peretz
Polish-Jewish writer
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Kazimierz Brandys
Polish author
Asnyk, Adam
Adam Asnyk
Polish author
Herbert, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Herbert
Polish author
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Władysław Broniewski
Polish author
Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet
Jan Kochanowski, marble bust, c. 1610; in a private collection.
Jan Kochanowski
Polish poet
Fredro, Aleksander
Aleksander Fredro
Polish dramatist
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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Tadeusz Różewicz
Polish poet and playwright
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Adam Ważyk
Polish author
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Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Polish poet
Norwid, Cyprian
Cyprian Norwid
Polish poet
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Kazimierz Wierzyński
Polish poet
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Józef Wittlin
Polish author

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