Flashcards: Polish-language writers

Józef Szujski (Tarnow, June 16, 1835 – Cracow, February 7, 1883) was a Polish politician, historian, poet and professor of the Jagiellonian University.

Stefan Grabiński (26 February 1887, Kamionka Strumiłowa - 12 November 1936, Lviv), was a Polish writer of fantastic literature and horror stories.

Jacek Dehnel (born May 1, 1980) in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter.

Tymon Zaborowski (1799–1828) was a Polish poet.

Izabela Filipiak (born 1961 in Gdynia) is a Polish writer, an essayist, a columnist, and a scholar.

Zygmunt Haupt (5 March 1907, in Ułaszkowce, Podole – 10 May 1975, in Winchester, Virginia, United States) was a Polish writer and painter.

Józef Kalasanty Szaniawski (1764 in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska – 16 May 1843, in Lwów) was a Polish philosopher and politician.

Jerzy Żuławski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ ʐuˈwafski]; 14 July 1874 – 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist whose best-known work is the science-fiction epic, Trylogia Księżycowa (The Lunar Trilogy), written between 1901 and 1911.

Paulin Święcicki (1841–1876) was a Polish-Ukrainian writer, journalist, playwright and translator.

Karol Irzykowski (Błaszkowa, near Pilzno, 23 January 1873 – 2 November 1944, Żyrardów) was a Polish writer, literary critic, film theoretician, and chess player.

Beata Szymańska (born in Puławy, Poland, on 29 January 1938) is a Polish poet and writer.

Kajetan Kraszewski (1827–1896) was the younger brother of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.

Jan Wężyk (1575–1638), of Wąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish noble and Roman Catholic bishop and Primate of Poland.

Józef Mackiewicz (April 1, 1902 – January 31, 1985) was a Polish writer, novelist and political commentator; best known for his documentary novels Nie trzeba głośno mówić (One Is Not Supposed to Speak Aloud), and Droga donikąd (The Road to Nowhere).

Marian Hemar (1901–1972), born Marian Hescheles, also Jan Mariański, Marian Wallenrod, was a Polish poet, journalist, playwright, comedy writer, and songwriter: he himself said that before the outbreak of World War II he had written 1200 songs including hits like Może kiedyś innym razem (Maybe Some Other Time) and Upić się warto (Let's get drunk).

Julian Stryjkowski, born Pesach Stark (April 27, 1905 – August 8, 1996) was a Polish journalist and writer, notable for his social prose of radical leftist leanings.

Andrzej Ziemiański (born February 17, 1960), aka Patrick Shoughnessy, is a Polish author of fantasy, science fiction, thriller and crime, who by 2012 have sold over 500,000 copies of his books.

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Stanisław Baczyński aka "Adam Kersten", "Bittner", "Akst" (born 27 July 1890 in Lwów – 27 July 1939 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish writer, literary critic, journalist, soldier of the Polish Legions and captain of the Polish Army.

Zuzanna Ginczanka, pen name Sara Ginzburg (March 9, 15, or 20, 1917 – January 1945) was a Polish poet of the interwar period.

Bozenna Intrator (born 1964, also Bozena Intrator Bożena Wnukowska) is a Polish-American writer, lyricist and translator.

Henryka Łazowertówna (pronounced ['xɛnˈrɨka waˌzɔvɛrˈtuvna]; in full Henryka Wanda Łazowertówna); also Henryka Lazowert, or incorrectly Lazawert, (June 19, 1909, Warsaw – August 1942, Treblinka extermination camp) was a Polish lyric poet.