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Władysław Orkan: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Franciszek Smreczyński
Born November 27, 1875 • Austria-Hungary
Died May 14, 1930 (aged 54) • Kraków • Poland
Notable Works “Drzewiej” • “Komornicy” • “Listy ze wsi” • “Nowele”

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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
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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Adam Ważyk
Polish author
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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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Mieczysław Jastrun
Polish author and poet
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Jerzy Putrament
Polish author and editor
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Tadeusz Miciński
Polish writer
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Stanisław Lem
Polish author
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Mickiewicz
Polish poet
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish author
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Maria Dąbrowska
Polish author and critic
Kazimierz Pochwalski: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer
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Jerzy Andrzejewski
Polish author
Słowacki, Juliusz
Juliusz Słowacki
Polish author
Stefan Żeromski, pastel by Leon Wyczótłkowski, 1904; in the National Museum, Kraków, Poland.
Stefan Żeromski
Polish author
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Witold Gombrowicz
Polish author

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