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Born November 14, 1878 • Austria-Hungary • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died May 31, 1957 (aged 78) • Skarżysko-Kamienna • Poland
Movement / Style Young Poland movement
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Jan Kasprowicz
Polish writer
Stanisław Wyspiański, self-portrait; in the National Museum in Kraków, Poland.
Stanisław Wyspiański
Polish dramatist and painter
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Kazimierz Tetmajer
Polish author
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Antoni Lange
Polish writer and translator
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Mickiewicz
Polish poet
Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, c. 1980
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
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Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
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
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
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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