List of poets who have written much of their

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

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Henryk Sienkiewicz Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, espe ...

Władysław Reymont Władysław Stanisław Reymont (, born Rejment; 7 May 1867 – 5 December 1925) was a Polish novelist and the 1924 laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known work is the award-winning four-volume novel ''Chłopi'' (''The Peasants' ...

Czesław Miłosz Czesław Miłosz (, also , ; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, ...

, Wisława Szymborska and

Olga Tokarczuk Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland; in 2019, she was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize ...

. Two of them have been poets (Miłosz and Szymborska).

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* Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942) * Adam Asnyk (1838–1897)

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Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, (; nom de guerre: Jan Bugaj; 22 January 1921 – 4 August 1944) was a Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most well known of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets, of whom several ...

(1921–1944) * Józef Baka (1707–1780) * Edward Balcerzan (born 1937) * Stanisław Baliński (1899–1984) *

Marcin Baran Marcin Baran (born 1963 in Kraków) is a Polish poet and journalist. He has a degree in Polonistics from the Jagiellonian University. He is one of the Polish poets who published their verses in the magazine '' bruLion'' (sometimes spelled ''brulion ...

(born 1963) *

Stanisław Barańczak Stanisław Barańczak (, November 13, 1946December 26, 2014) was a Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer. He is perhaps most well known for his English-to- Polish translations of the dramas of William Shakespeare ...

(1946–2014),

Nike Award The Nike Literary Award ( pl, Nagroda Literacka „Nike") is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award f ...

winner * Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983) * Zbigniew Bieńkowski (1913–1994) *

Biernat of Lublin Biernat of Lublin (Polish: ''Biernat z Lublina'', Latin ''Bernardus Lublinius'', ca. 1465 – after 1529) was a Polish poet, fabulist, translator, and physician. He was one of the first Polish-language writers known by name, and the most inte ...

(1465?– after 1529) *

Tadeusz Borowski Tadeusz Borowski (; 12 November 1922 – 3 July 1951) was a Polish writer and journalist. His wartime poetry and stories dealing with his experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz are recognized as classics of Polish literature. Early life Boro ...

(1922–1951) *

Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński Tadeusz Kamil Marcjan Żeleński (better known by his pen name, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński or simply as Boy; 21 December 1874 – 4 July 1941) was a Polish stage writer, poet, critic and, above all, the translator of over 100 French literary classics ...

(1874–1941) * Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962) * Jerzy Braun (1907–1975) *

Jan Brzechwa Jan Brzechwa (), (15 August 1898 – 2 July 1966) was a Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature. He was born Jan Wiktor Lesman to a Polish family of Jewish descent.

(1898–1966) *

Teodor Bujnicki Teodor Bujnicki (13 December 1907 – 27 November 1944) was a Polish poet, and member of the literary group ''Żagary''. During World War II, Bujnicki was condemned for "collaboration with Soviet occupants" in Vilnius after Lithuania's incorporati ...

(1904–1944) * Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957)

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* Józef Czechowicz (1903–1939) * Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945)

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* Jacek Dehnel (born 1980) * Elżbieta Drużbacka (1695 or 1698 – 1765)

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Leszek Engelking Leszek Engelking (2 February 1955 – 22 October 2022) was a Polish poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, literary critic, essayist, Polish philologist, and literary academic, scholar, and lecturer. Engelking translated a vast amount ...

(born 1955)

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Jerzy Ficowski Jerzy Tadeusz Ficowski (; October 4, 1924 in Warsaw – May 9, 2006 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet, writer and translator (from Yiddish, Russian, Romani and Hungarian). Biography and works During the German occupation of Poland in World War II ...

, (1924–2006) *

Aleksander Fredro Aleksander Fredro (20 June 1793 – 15 July 1876) was a Polish poet, playwright and author active during Polish Romanticism in the period of partitions by neighboring empires. His works including plays written in the octosyllabic verse (''Zem ...

(1793–1876)

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* Tadeusz Gajcy (1922–1944) *

Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (23 January 1905 – 6 December 1953), alias ''Karakuliambro'', was a Polish poet. He is well known for the "paradramatic" absurd humorous sketches of the ''Green Goose Theatre''. Biography Born to a lower-mi ...

(1905–1953) *

Stefan Garczyński Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

(1690–1756) *

Cezary Geroń Cezary Geroń (1960–1998) was a Polish poet, journalist, translator and teacher. Born on 28 July 1960 in Jasło, he graduated from a local college in nearby Krosno. Afterwards he moved to Kraków, where he joined the Faculty of French Studies. ...

(1960–1998) *

Zuzanna Ginczanka Zuzanna Ginczanka, ''pen name'' of Zuzanna Polina Gincburg (March 22, 1917 – January 1945) was a Polish-Jewish poet of the interwar period. Although she published only a single collection of poetry in her lifetime, the book ''O centaurach'' (' ...

(1917–1944) * Cyprian Godebski (1765–1809) * Stanisław Grochowiak (1934–1976) *

Wioletta Grzegorzewska Wioletta Grzegorzewska, or Wioletta Greg (1974) is a Polish poet and writer nominated for The Man Booker Prize. Life Wioletta born in a small village Rzeniszów in Jurassic Highland in Poland. In 2006, she left her country and moved to the Is ...

(born 1974)

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* Julia Hartwig (1921–2017) * Marian Hemar (1901–1972) *

Zbigniew Herbert Zbigniew Herbert (; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published in the 1950s (a volume titled ...

(1924–1998), one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers

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* Maria Ilnicka (1825 or 1827–1897) *

Wacław Iwaniuk Wacław Iwaniuk (born 17 December 1912 in Stare Chojno near Chełm, Chełm Lubelski - died 4 January 2001 in Toronto). Educated in Warsaw and Cambridge, England, a poet, literary critic and essayist for various Polish émigré newspapers in Canada ...

(1912–2001) *

Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz, also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter (20 February 1894 – 2 March 1980), was a Polish writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator.Bartłomiej Szleszyński, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. 2003 Culture.plJaros ...

(1894–1980)

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* Klemens Janicki (1516–1543) * Bruno Jasieński (1901–1938) * Mieczysław Jastrun (1903–1983)

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* Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986) * Franciszek Karpiński (1741–1825) *

Jan Kasprowicz Jan Kasprowicz (12 December 1860 – 1 August 1926) was a poet, playwright, critic and translator; a foremost representative of Young Poland. Biography Kasprowicz was born in the village of Szymborze (now part of Inowrocław) within the Provi ...

(1860–1936) * Maria Kazecka (1880–1938) *

Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski ::''Not to be mistaken for Andrzej Kijowski, his father.'' Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (born 15 July 1954, Kraków) is a Polish aesthetician, theatre critic, literary critic, poet and publicist. Son of the writer Andrzej Kijowski. From 1976 to 198 ...

(born 1954) *

Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (4 October 1750, Vitebsk – 25 August 1807, Końskowola) is considered to be one of the most distinguished Polish poets of the Polish sentimentalism in the Enlightenment Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to: ...

(1750–1807) *

Jan Kochanowski Jan Kochanowski (; 1530 – 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language. He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz. L ...

(1530–1584), considered the "father of Polish poetry" and the greatest Slavic poet prior to the 19th century * Halina Konopacka (1900–1989) *

Maria Konopnicka Maria Konopnicka (; ; 23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic, and activist for women's rights and for Polish independence. She used pseudonyms, including ''Jan Sawa''. Sh ...

(1842–1910) *

Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876 - 1901 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet and translator, brother of the poet Wincenty Korab-Brzozowski and son of the romantic bard Karol Brzozowski. Representative of Polish decadence. One of the greatest poets of You ...

, (1876–1901) * Julian Kornhauser (born 1946) * Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1869), father of Polish-British novelist

Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not sp ...

* Urszula Kozioł (born 1931) *

Ignacy Krasicki Ignacy Błażej Franciszek Krasicki (3 February 173514 March 1801), from 1766 Prince-Bishop of Warmia (in German, ''Ermland'') and from 1795 Archbishop of Gniezno (thus, Primate of Poland), was Poland's leading Enlightenment poet"Ignacy Krasic ...

(1735–1801) *

Zygmunt Krasiński Napoleon Stanisław Adam Feliks Zygmunt Krasiński (; 19 February 1812 – 23 February 1859) was a Polish poet traditionally ranked after Adam Mickiewicz and Juliusz Słowacki as one of Poland's Three Bards – the Romantic poets who influence ...

(1812–1859), one of the ''

Three Bards The Three Bards (, ) are the national poets of Polish Romantic literature. They lived and worked in exile during the partitions of Poland which ended the existence of the Polish sovereign state. Their tragic poetical plays and epic poetry wr ...

'' of

Polish literature Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland over the centuries have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Latin, ...

* Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953) *

Józef Krupiński Józef Krupiński (September 24, 1930 – September 1, 1998) was a Polish poet. He spent the last days of his life in Orzesze, Poland. Prizewinner of the Edward Stachura Award and member of the Association of Polish Writers in Katowice ...

(1930–1998) * Ryszard Krynicki (born 1943) *

Andrzej Krzycki Andrzej Krzycki of the Kotwicz heraldic clan (also Andreas Cricius) (Krzycko Małe, 7 July 1482 – † Skierniewice, 10 May, 1537) was a Renaissance Polish writer and archbishop. Krzycki wrote in Latin prose, but wrote poetry in Polish. He is o ...

(1482–1537) *

Paweł Kubisz Paweł Kubisz (12 May 1907 – 19 August 1968) was a Polish poet, writer, journalist, and activist, one of the most important poets from the Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia. Biography Kubisz was born to a poor worker's family in the village ...

(1907–1968) * Jalu Kurek (1904–1983) * Mira Kuś (born 1958)

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Antoni Lange Antoni Lange (1863 – 17 March 1929) was a Polish poet, philosopher, polyglot (15 languages), writer, novelist, science-writer, reporter and translator. A representative of Polish Parnassianism and symbolism, he is also regarded as belonging t ...

(1863–1929) *

Stanisław Jerzy Lec Stanisław Jerzy Lec (; 6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966), born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most influential aphorists of the 20 ...

, (1909–1966) *

Joanna Lech Joanna Lech (born 25 January 1984, in Rzeszów, Poland) – a Polish poet and writer. Author of ''Zapaść'', ''Nawroty'' (nominated for NIKE Literary Award 2011), ''Trans'', ''Piosenki Pikinierów'' and ''Sztuczki'' (nominated for NIKE Literary ...

(born 1984) * Jan Lechoń (1899–1956) * Krystyna Lenkowska (born 1957) *

Bolesław Leśmian Bolesław Leśmian (born Bolesław Lesman; January 22, 1877The exact date of his birth is disputed: the act of birth mentions 1877, Leśmian himself used 1878, while the date mentioned on his tombstone is 1879. – November 5, 1937) was a Pol ...

(1877–1937) * Jerzy Liebert (1904–1931) *

Ewa Lipska Ewa Lipska (born 8 October 1945 in Kraków), is a Polish poet from the generation of the Polish "New Wave." Collections of her verse have been translated into English, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian. She lives in Vienna and ...

(born 1945) *

Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski Prince Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski a.k.a. "Mirobulius Tassalinus" (4 March 1642 – 17 January 1702) was a Polish noble, politician, patron of the arts and writer. Biography Lubomirski was the son of Marshal and Hetman Jerzy Sebastia ...

(1641–1702)

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Henryka Łazowertówna Henryka Łazowertówna (; ''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. While in general deeply p ...

(1909–1942) *

Józef Łobodowski Józef Stanisław Łobodowski (19 March 1909 – 18 April 1988) was a Polish poet and political thinker. His poetic works are broadly divided into two distinct phases: the earlier one, until about 1934, in which he was sometimes identified as ...

(1909–1988)

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Antoni Malczewski Antoni Malczewski (3 June 1793 – 2 May 1826) was a Polish romantic poet, known for his only work, "a narrative poem of dire pessimism", ''Maria'' (1825). At the times, prominent and scandalizing was his autodestructive romance with a married w ...

(1793–1826) *

Marcin Malek Marcin Malek (also writing under the pen name Martin Smallridge; born 24 February 1975) is a Polish poet, writer, playwright and publicist. He is also a literature translator to Russian and English (both ways), including press articles in the ...

(born 1975) *

Jakobe Mansztajn Jakobe Mansztajn (born February 10, 1982, in Gdańsk) is a Polish poet and blogger. Life and career He studied psychology at the University of Gdańsk. He works as deputy editor of the literary quarterly ''Korespondencja z ojcem''. He is the aut ...

(born 1982) *

Tadeusz Miciński Tadeusz Miciński (9 November 1873, in Łódź – February 1918, in Cherykaw Raion, Belarus) was an influential Polish poet, gnostic and playwright, and was a forerunner of Expressionism and Surrealism. He is one of the writers of the Young Po ...

(1873–1918) *

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish ...

(1798–1855), considered Poland's national poet and a leading figure of European

romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...

Grażyna Miller Grażyna Miller (29 January 1957 – 17 August 2009)Żegnamy tłumaczkę „Trypty ...

(1957–2009) *

(1911–2004),

Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 ...

Stanisław Młodożeniec Stanisław Młodożeniec (31 January 1895,Dobrocice – 21 January 1959, Warsaw) was a poet, and a founder of Polish futurism. He was born to a well-to-do peasant family in 1895 in the village of Dobrocice, near Sandomierz. Captured in 1915 by th ...

(1895–1959) *

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–93) was a Polish poet, member of the landed nobility, and official in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was ''starosta'' of Zawichost, Tymbark and Kowal. He was also pantler of Sandomierz (1647–58), Royal Se ...

(1621–1693) *

Zbigniew Morsztyn Zbigniew Morsztyn (Morstin, Morstyn) (ca. 1628 – December 13, 1689) was a Polish poet. Morsztyn was born in Kraków. For nine years (1648-1657) he served in the army, and fought against the Swedes and Russians during the Northern Wars. His ...

(1628–1689)

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Daniel Naborowski Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640) was a Polish Baroque poet. Daniel Naborowski was born in Kraków. Like many Polish noblemen of the time, he was a Calvinist by faith. His education took place not only in Cracow, but also in Wittenberg (1590–1593) ...

(1573–1640) *

Adam Naruszewicz Adam Stanisław Naruszewicz ( lt, Adomas Naruševičius; 20 October 1733 – 8 July 1796) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and Roman Catholic bishop. Born in a szlachta family, he we ...

(1733–1796) *

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz ( , ; 6 February 1758 – 21 May 1841) was a Polish poet, playwright and statesman. He was a leading advocate for the Constitution of 3 May 1791. Early life Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz was born 6 February 1758 in Skoki, nea ...

(1758–1841) *

Cyprian Kamil Norwid Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a.k.a. Cyprian Konstanty Norwid (; 24 September 1821 – 23 May 1883), was a nationally esteemed Polish poet, dramatist, painter, and sculptor. He was born in the Masovian village of Laskowo-Głuchy near Warsaw. One of h ...

(1821–1883) *

Franciszek Nowicki Franciszek Henryk Siła-Nowicki (29 January 1864, in Kraków, Austrian Empire – 3 September 1935, in Zawoja, Poland) was a Young Poland poet, a mountaineer, socialist activist, and designer of the ''Orla Perć'' (Eagle's Path) High Tatras mount ...

(1864–1935)

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Antoni Edward Odyniec Antoni Edward Odyniec (25 January 1804 – 15 January 1885) was a Polish Romantic-era poet who penned the celebrated "Song of the Filaretes". Said to be an imitator of his friend Adam Mickiewicz, Odyniec made his mark as a translator of works by ...

(1804–1885) *

Artur Oppman Artur Franciszek Oppman (August 14, 1867 – November 4, 1931) was a Polish poet of the Young Poland period, who wrote under the pen name "Or-Ot". Biography Oppman was born August 14, 1867, in Warsaw to a burgher family with German roots, which h ...

(1867–1931) *

Władysław Orkan Władysław Orkan (27 November 1875 – 14 May 1930) (actually born as ''Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz'', changed surname to Smreczyński, but primarily known under his pen name, Orkan) was a Polish writer and poet from the Young Poland perio ...

(1875–1930) *

Agnieszka Osiecka Agnieszka Osiecka (Polish pronunciation: ; 9 October 1936 – 7 March 1997) was a Polish poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist. She was a prominent Polish songwriter, having authored the lyrics to ...

(1936–1997)

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Leon Pasternak Leon Pasternak (1910-1969) was a Polish poet and satirist. His Jewish family came to Poland in the 1880s from the town of Tula, Russia, which was outside the Jewish Pale of Settlement, where Jews usually were not allowed to reside. Pasternak was ...

(1910–1969) *

Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, ''née'' Kossak (24 November 1891 – 9 July 1945), was a prolific Polish poet known as the ''Polish Sappho'' and "queen of lyrical poetry" during Poland's interwar period.

(1891–1945) * Jacek Podsiadło (born 1964) *

Wincenty Pol Wincenty Pol (20 April 1807 – 2 December 1872) was a Polish poet and geographer. Life Pol was born in Lublin (then in Galicia), to Franz Pohl (or Poll), a German in the Austrian service, and his wife Eleonora Longchamps de Berier, from a Fr ...

(1807–1872) *

Halina Poświatowska Halina Poświatowska (; née Halina Myga, entered into church records as Helena Myga; born 9 May 1935 – 11 October 1967) was a Polish poet and writer, one of the most important figures in modern/contemporary Polish literature. Poświatows ...

(1935–1967) *

Wacław Potocki Wacław Potocki (; 1621–1696) was a Polish nobleman (''szlachcic''), moralist, poet, and writer. He was the podczaszy of Kraków from 1678 to 1685. He is remembered as one of the most important Polish baroque artists. His most famous works a ...

(1621–1696) *

Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (12 February 1865 – 18 January 1940) was a Polish Goral poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer. He was a member of the Young Poland movement. Life Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer was born in Ludźmierz in P ...

a.k.a. Kazimierz Tetmajer (1865–1940) *

Zenon Przesmycki Zenon Przesmycki (pen name ''Miriam''; Radzyń Podlaski, 22 December 1861 – 17 October 1944, Warsaw), was a Polish poet, translator and art critic of the literary period of Młoda Polska, who studied law in Italy, France and England; in 1887–1 ...

(1861–1944) *

Jeremi Przybora Jeremi Przybora (12 December 1915 in Warsaw – 4 March 2004) was a Polish poet, writer, actor and singer. He created the TV-series " Kabaret Starszych Panów" (Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret) with Jerzy Wasowski and performed ballads and sung poe ...

(1915–2004)

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Mikołaj Rej Mikołaj Rej or Mikołaj Rey of Nagłowice (4 February 1505 – between 8 September/5 October 1569) was a Polish poet and prose writer of the emerging Renaissance in Poland as it succeeded the Middle Ages, as well as a politician and musician. H ...

(1505–1569) * Sydor Rey (1908–1979) *

Barbara Rosiek Barbara Rosiek (June 25, 1959 – April 27, 2020) was a Polish writer, poet and clinical psychologist. Early years Rosiek was born in Częstochowa. She made her literary debut in 1985 as the author of "Pamiętnik Narkomanki" (English: ‘Diary ...

(born 1959) *

Tadeusz Różewicz Tadeusz Różewicz (9 October 1921 – 24 April 2014) was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, following the century of f ...

(1921–2014),

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Tomasz Różycki Tomasz Różycki (born 1970) is a Polish poet and translator. He studied Romance Languages at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and taught French at the Foreign Languages Teaching College in Opole. In addition to his teaching, he translated ...

(born 1970) *

Zygmunt Rumel Zygmunt Jan Rumel (22 February 1915 – 10 July 1943) was a Polish poet and, during World War II, underground officer of the Bataliony Chłopskie partisans in the Wolhynia Region of the Second Polish Republic. Rumel's poetic talent was acknowled ...

(1915–1943) *

Lucjan Rydel Lucjan Rydel, also known as Lucjan Antoni Feliks Rydel (17 May 1870 in Kraków – 8 April 1918 in Bronowice Małe), was a Polish playwright and poet from the Young Poland movement. Life Rydel was the son of Lucjan Rydel, a surgeon, ophthalmolog ...

(1870–1918) *

Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz (''Jarosław Marek Szulc''; 13 July 1935 – 3 February 2022) was a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist, translator and literary critic. He is the recipient of the 2003 Nike Award, Poland's most important literary prize. ...

(born 1935),

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Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (in Latin, ''Matthias Casimirus Sarbievius''; Lithuanian: ''Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus''; Sarbiewo, Poland, 24 February 1595 Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski's biography by Mirosław Korolko in: – 2 April 1640, Wars ...

(1595–1640) *

Władysław Sebyła Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940) was a Polish poet, a member of the Kwadryga (Four-in-Hand) literary group, which also included Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński and Stefan Flukowski Stefan Flukowski (1902–1972) was a Polish writer, poet ...

(1902–1940) *

Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (c. 1550 – c. 1581) was an influential Polish poet of the late Renaissance who wrote in both Polish and Latin. He was a pioneer of the Baroque and the greatest representative of the metaphysical movement of the era ...

(1550–1581) * Jan Stanisław Skorupski (born 1938) *

Antoni Słonimski Antoni Słonimski (15 November 1895 – 4 July 1976) was a Polish poet, artist, journalist, playwright and prose writer, president of the Union of Polish Writers in 1956–1959 during the Polish October, known for his devotion to social just ...

(1895–1976) *

Juliusz Słowacki Juliusz Słowacki (; french: Jules Slowacki; 4 September 1809 – 3 April 1849) was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the " Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of m ...

(1809–1849), regarded as of the ''

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Edward Stachura Edward Stachura (18 August 1937 – 24 July 1979) was a Polish poet, writer and translator. He rose to prominence in the 1960s, receiving prizes for both poetry and prose. His literary output includes four volumes of poetry, three collection ...

(1937–1979) *

Anatol Stern Anatol Stern (24 October 1899 in Warsaw – 19 October 1968 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet, writer and art critic. Born 24 October 1899 to an assimilated family of Jewish ancestry, Stern studied at the Polish Studies Faculty of the University ...

(1899–1968) *

Leopold Staff Leopold Henryk Staff (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1957) was a Polish poet; an artist of European modernism twice granted the Degree of Doctor honoris causa by universities in Warsaw and in Kraków. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize ...

(1878–1957) *

Anna Stanisławska Anna Stanisławska (1651 – 2 June 1701) was a Polish author and poet known for her sole work ''Transakcja albo opisanie całego życia jednej sieroty przez żałosne treny od tejże samej pisane roku 1685'', translated as ''Transaction, or a De ...

(1651–1701) *

Andrzej Stasiuk Andrzej Stasiuk (pronounced: ; born 25 September 1960 in Warsaw, Poland) is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed contemporary Polish writers, journalists and literary critics. He is best known for his travel literature and essa ...

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Marcin Świetlicki Marcin Świetlicki (born 24 December 1961) is a Polish poet, writer, and musician. He lives and works in Kraków, Poland. Świetlicki was born in Piaski, near Lublin, Poland. He studied Polish Literature at the Jagiellonian University in Krak ...

(born 1961) *

Anna Świrszczyńska Anna Świrszczyńska (also known as Anna Swir) (1909–1984) was a Polish poet whose works deal with themes including her experiences during World War II, motherhood, the female body, and sensuality. Biography Świrszczyńska was born in Warsaw ...

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Władysław Syrokomla Ludwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław Syrokomla, was a Polish romantic poet, writer and translator working in Vilnius and Vilna Governorate, then Russian Empire. Bi ...

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Lola Szereszewska Leonia Szereszewska, better known as Lola Szereszewska (1895 – February 1, 1943) was a Polish-Jewish poet and journalist. Life Lola Szereszewska, née Rotbard, was born in 1895. She was a member of a Zionist student organisation called Akad ...

(1895–1943) * Janusz Szpotański (1929–2001) *

Włodzimierz Szymanowicz Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (born Wrocław, Poland; September 3, 1946 – March 4, 1967) was a Polish painter and poet. He was the son of Jadwiga, a Polish aristocrat, and Kazimierz Szymanowicz who was Polish of Jewish descent. Szymanowicz is known ...

(1946–1967) * Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012),

Szymon Szymonowic Szymon Szymonowic (in Latin, Simon Simonides; in Armenian, Շիմոն Շիմոնովիչ; also, in Polish, "Szymonowicz" and "Bendoński"; born Lwów, 24 October 1558 – died 5 May 1629, Czarnięcin, near Zamość) was a Polish Renaissance p ...

(1558–1629)

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Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki (born 1962) is a Polish poet. Born in Wólka Krowicka near Lubaczów, he is an author of nine volumes of poems and some texts for the magazine ''Kresy''. He has a sister, Wanda Tkaczyszyn, and a nephew named Matthew R ...

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Julian Tuwim Julian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied la ...

(1894–1953) *

Jan Twardowski Jan Jakub Twardowski (1 June 1915 – 18 January 2006) was a Polish poet and Catholic priest. He was a chief Polish representative of contemporary religious lyrics. He wrote short, simple poems, humorous, which often included colloquialisms ...

(1915–2006)

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Kornel Ujejski Kornel Ujejski (; September 12, 1823 in Beremyany, Galicia, Austria - September 19, 1897 in Pavliv near Lviv, Galicia, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Centra ...

(1823–1897)

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Aleksander Wat Aleksander Wat was the pen name of Aleksander Chwat (1 May 1900 – 29 July 1967), a Polish poet, writer, art theoretician, memorist, and one of the precursors of the Polish futurism movement in the early 1920s, considered to be one of the more im ...

(1900–1967) *

Adam Ważyk Adam Ważyk born Ajzyk Wagman (November 17, 1905 – August 13, 1982) was a Polish poet, essayist and writer born to a Jewish family in Warsaw. In his early career, he was associated with the Kraków avant-garde led by Tadeusz Peiper who publish ...

(1905–1982) *

Kazimierz Wierzyński Kazimierz Wierzyński (Drohobycz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, 27 August 1894 – 13 February 1969, London) was a Polish poet and journalist; an elected member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature in the Second Polish Republic ...

(1894–1969) *

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (; 24 February 188518 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and during the interwar period. ...

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Stefan Witwicki Stefan Witwicki (September 13, 1801April 15, 1847) was a Polish poet of the Romantic period. Life From 1822 Witwicki worked in the Congress Poland's Government Commission on Religions and Education (''Komisja Rządowa Wyznań i Oświaty''). In 1 ...

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Rafał Wojaczek Rafał Wojaczek (December 6, 1945 – May 11, 1971) was a Polish poet of the postwar generation. He was a son of a respected family in Upper Silesia. His life was marked by abortive studies, alcoholism, depression and suicide attempts, the last ...

(1945–1971) * Grażyna Wojcieszko (born 1957) *

Maryla Wolska Maryla Wolska (13 March 1873 – 25 June 1930) was a Polish poet of the Young Poland movement.Józef Wybicki Józef Rufin Wybicki (; 29 September 1747 – 10 March 1822) was a Polish nobleman, jurist, poet, political and military activist of Kashubian descent. He is best remembered as the author of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" (), which was adopted as the P ...

(1747–1822), author of the

National Anthem of Poland ( " Dąbrowski's Mazurka"), in English officially known by its incipit Poland Is Not Yet Lost, is the national anthem of the Republic of Poland. The original lyrics were written by Józef Wybicki in Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, between ...

Stanisław Wyspiański Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas withi ...

(1869–1907)

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Tymon Zaborowski Tymon Zaborowski (1799–1828) was a Polish poet. He was influenced at the beginning of his writing career by classicism, then by Romanticism. He is also known, after one of his poems, as "''Wieszcz Miodoboru''" ("the Bard of the Honey Harvest"). ...

(1799–1828) *

Adam Zagajewski Adam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and essayist. He was awarded the 2004 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, the 2017 Prin ...

(1945–2021) *

Józef Bohdan Zaleski Józef Bohdan Zaleski (14 February 1802 in Bohatyrka, Kiev guberniya – 31 March 1886 in Villepreux, near Paris) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the " Ukrainian poetic school." Life Zaleski was a me ...

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Wacław Michał Zaleski Wacław Michał Zaleski (8 September 1799 in Olesko, eastern Galicia – 24 February 1849 in Vienna), pseudonym ''Wacław from Olesko'' ( pl, Wacław z Oleska), was a Polish nobleman, poet, writer, researcher of folklore, theatre critic, political ...

(1799–1849) *

Kazimiera Zawistowska Kazimiera Zawistowska ''de domo'' Jasieńska, pseudonym Ira, (1870–1902) was a Polish poet and translator. Zawistowska was an author of modernist erotic and landscape poems related with mysticism, symbolism and Parnassianism. She published her ...

(1870–1902) *

Piotr Zbylitowski Piotr Zbylitowski (1569 – November 19, 1649) was a Polish poet. Courtier of Stanisław Górka and Stanisław Czarnkowski. In his satirical dialogues—''Rozmowa szlachcica polskiego z cudzoziemcem'' (1600), ''Przygana wymyślnym strojom białog� ...

(1569–1649) *

Emil Zegadłowicz Emil Zegadłowicz (20 July 1888 – 24 February 1941) was a Polish poet, prose writer, novelist, playwright, translator, expert of art; co-originator of Polish expressionism, member of expressionists' group ''Zdrój'', co-founder of group ''Czart ...

(1888–1941) *

Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (née ) (born in 1979) is a Polish poet and journalist. Author of poetry volumes ' (Improvisations and Not Only Those), ' (Let's Get Acquainted), ' (The She-collector), ' (Enamel), ' (How Do Little Girls Die?) and ...

(born 1979) *

Narcyza Żmichowska Narcyza Żmichowska (Warsaw, 4 March 1819 – 24 December 1876, Warsaw), also known under her popular pen name Gabryella, was a Polish novelist and poet. She is considered a precursor of feminism in Poland. Life Żmichowska became governess for ...

(1819–1876), a precursor of

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

in Poland *

Jerzy Żuławski Jerzy Żuławski (; 14 July 1874 – 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and patriot whose best-known work is the science-fiction epic, ''Trylogia Księżycowa'' (''The Lunar Trilogy''), written be ...

(1874–1915) *

Juliusz Żuławski Juliusz Żuławski (7 October 1910 in Zakopane – 10 January 1999 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet, prose writer, literary critic and translator. He was an editor of ''Nowa Kultura'' (1950–1951), chairman of Polish PEN Club (during the years of 19 ...

(1910–1999) * Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

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