List of Polish-language authors

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Notable Polish novelists, poets, playwrights, historians and philosophers, listed in chronological order by year of birth:

• (ca.1465–after 1529) Biernat of Lublin
• (1482–1537) Andrzej Krzycki
• (1503–1572) Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski
• (1505–1569) Mikołaj Rej
• (ca. 1525–1573) Piotr z Goniądza
• (1530–1584) Jan Kochanowski
• (1566–1636) Fabian Birkowski
• (1580–1653) Szymon Okolski
• (1651–1701) Anna Stanisławska
• (1694–1774) Przybysław Dyjamentowski
• (1720–1784) Franciszek Bohomolec
• (1733–1798) Adam Naruszewicz
• (1734–1823) Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
• (1735–1801) Ignacy Krasicki
• (1746–1835) Izabela Fleming Czartoryska
• (1750–1812) Hugo Kołłątaj
• (1755–1826) Stanisław Staszic
• (1757–1841) Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
• (1761–1815) Jan Potocki
• (1762–1808) Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski
• (1765–1809) Cyprian Godebski
• (1768–1854) Maria Wirtemberska
• (1770–1861) Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
• (1771–1820) Alojzy Feliński
• (1786–1861) Joachim Lelewel
• (1787–1861) Antoni Gorecki
• (1791–1835) Kazimierz Brodziński
• (1793–1876) Aleksander Fredro
• (1798–1855) Adam Mickiewicz
• (1798–1845) Klementyna Hoffmanowa
• (1801–1869) Franciszek Ksawery Godebski
• (1801–1876) Seweryn Goszczyński
• (1804–1886) Michał Czajkowski
• (1807–1875) Karol Libelt
• (1809–1849) Juliusz Słowacki
• (1812–1859) Zygmunt Krasiński
• (1812–1887) Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
• (1814–1894) August Cieszkowski
• (1817–1879) Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński
• (1818–1876) Narcyza Żmichowska
• (1819–1890) Agnieszka Baranowska
• (1821–1883) Cyprian Kamil Norwid
• (1822–1899) Edmund Chojecki
• (1829–1901) Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa
• (1838–1897) Adam Asnyk
• (1839–1902) Adolf Dygasiński
• (1841–1910) Eliza Orzeszkowa
• (1846–1916) Henryk Sienkiewicz
• (1847–1912) Bolesław Prus
• (1849–1935) Michał Bobrzyński
• (1852–1930) Kazimierz Bartoszewicz
• (1858–1924) Ludwik Stasiak
• (1860–1921) Gabriela Zapolska
• (1860–1926) Jan Kasprowicz
• (1862–1949) Feliks Koneczny
• (1864–1925) Stefan Żeromski
• (1864–1935) Franciszek Nowicki
• (1865–1940) Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer
• (1867–1925) Władysław Reymont
• (1868–1927) Stanisław Przybyszewski
• (1869–1907) Stanisław Wyspiański
• (1873–1940) Wacław Berent
• (1874–1915) Jerzy Żuławski
• (1874–1941) Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
• (1876–1945) Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
• (1877/79–1937) Bolesław Leśmian
• (1878–1911) Stanisław Brzozowski
• (1878/79–1942) Janusz Korczak
• (1881–1946) Paweł Hulka-Laskowski
• (1884–1944) Leon Chwistek
• (1885–1939) Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)
• (1885–1954) Zofia Nałkowska
• (1886–1980) Władysław Tatarkiewicz
• (1886–1981) Tadeusz Kotarbiński
• (1887–1936) Stefan Grabiński
• (1889–1968) Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
• (1889–1931) Tadeusz Hołówko
• (1889–1965) Maria Dąbrowska
• (1890–1963) Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz
• (1891–1963) Gustaw Morcinek
• (1891–1945) Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska
• (1892–1942) Bruno Schulz
• (1893–1970) Roman Ingarden
• (1894–1942) Józef Stefan Godlewski
• (1894–1980) Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
• (1894–1985) Arkady Fiedler
• (1895–1959) Stanislaw Mlodozeniec
• (1896–1945) Ferdynand Ossendowski
• (1897–1962) Władysław Broniewski
• (1898–1939) Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
• (1899–1956) Jan Lechoń
• (1900–1966) Jan Brzechwa
• (1901–1938) Bruno Jasieński
• (1901–1964) Sergiusz Piasecki
• (1902–1970) Tadeusz Manteuffel
• (1902–1985) Józef Mackiewicz
• (1902–1995) Józef Maria Bocheński
• (1903-1978) Aleksander Kamiński
• (1904–1969) Witold Gombrowicz
• (1905–1953) Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński
• (1905–1982) Adam Ważyk
• (1906–1965) Stanisław Jaśkowski
• (1907–1991) Stanislaw Wygodzki
• (1908–1979) Sydor Rey
• (1908–1988) Teodor Parnicki
• (1908–1980) Aleksander Baumgardten
• (1908–1995) Helena Bechlerowa
• (1909–1942) Henryka Łazowertówna
• (1909–1966) Stanisław Jerzy Lec
• (1909–1970) Paweł Jasienica
• (1909–1983) Jerzy Andrzejewski
• (1909–1988) Józef Łobodowski
• (1910–1978) Maria Boniecka
• (1910–2007) Stanisław Dobosiewicz
• (1911–1975) Eugeniusz Żytomirski
• (1911–2004) Czesław Miłosz
• (1912–1990) Adolf Rudnicki
• (1913–1979) Zygmunt Witymir Bieńkowski
• (1913–2005) Józef Garliński
• (1914–1973) Bohdan Arct
• (1915–2006) Jan Twardowski
• (1916–1991) Wilhelm Szewczyk
• (1917–1944) Zuzanna Ginczanka
• (1918–1963) Stanisław Grzesiuk
• (1919–2000) Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
• (1919–2011) Marian Pankowski
• (1920–2006) Leslaw Bartelski
• (1920–1985) Leopold Tyrmand
• (1920–2005) Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II)
• (1920–2006) Lucjan Wolanowski
• (1921–1944) Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński
• (1921–2006) Stanisław Lem
• (1922–1951) Tadeusz Borowski
• (1923–2001) Maksymilian Berezowski
• (1923–2003) Władysław Kozaczuk
• (1923–2012) Wisława Szymborska
• (1924–1998) Zbigniew Herbert
• (born 1925) Bat-Sheva Dagan
• (born 1926) Tadeusz Konwicki
• (1927–2009) Leszek Kołakowski
• (born 1928) Roman Frister
• (1929–1994) Zbigniew Nienacki
• (1929–2004) Zygmunt Kubiak
• (born 1930) Sławomir Mrożek
• (born 1932) Wiesław Myśliwski
• (1932–1957) Andrzej Bursa
• (1932–2013) Joanna Chmielewska
• (1932–2007) Ryszard Kapuściński
• (1933–1991) Jerzy Kosiński
• (born 1933) Joanna Olczak-Ronikier
• (1934–1969) Marek Hłasko
• (1934–1976) Stanisław Grochowiak
• (1935–1984) Janusz Gaudyn
• (born 1936) Henryk Grynberg
• (1936–1997) Agnieszka Osiecka
• (born 1937) Hanna Krall
• (1938–1985) Janusz A. Zajdel
• (born 1938) Janusz Głowacki
• (1941–1989) Mirosław Dzielski
• (born 1941) Leszek Długosz
• (born 1943) Wojciech Karpiński
• (born 1944) Michał Heller
• (born 1945) Małgorzata Musierowicz
• (1946–2015) Piotr Domaradzki
• (born 1946) Ewa Kuryluk
• (born 1948) Andrzej Sapkowski
• (born 1949) Stefan Chwin
• (born 1949) Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm
• (born 1952) Eva Stachniak
• (born 1952) Jerzy Pilch
• (born 1954) Marek Huberath
• (born 1955) Leszek Engelking
• (born 1955) Magdalena Tulli
• (born 1957) Grazyna Miller
• (born 1957) Paweł Huelle
• (born 1957) Agata Tuszynska
• (born 1957) Grażyna Wojcieszko
• (1958–2005) Tomasz Pacyński
• (born 1960) Andrzej Stasiuk
• (born 1960) Andrzej Ziemiański
• (born 1961) Agnieszka Taborska^[1]
• (born 1962) Olga Tokarczuk
• (born 1964) Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz
• (born 1965) Jarosław Grzędowicz
• (born 1966) Andrzej Majewski
• (born 1966) Marek Krajewski
• (born 1966) Mariusz Szczygieł
• (born 1968) Joanna Bator
• (born 1971) Anna Brzezińska
• (born 1972) Wojciech Kuczok
• (born 1974) Jacek Dukaj
• (born 1974) Andrzej Pilipiuk
• (born 1975) Michał Witkowski
• (born 1976) Zygmunt Miłoszewski
• (born 1976) Anna Kańtoch
• (born 1977) Łukasz Orbitowski
• (born 1979) Sylwia Chutnik
• (born 1980) Jacek Dehnel
• (born 1982) Jakub Ćwiek
• (born 1983) Dorota Masłowska
• (born 1984) Joanna Lech

See also

• List of Polish women writers
• Polish literature
• List of authors
• Polish language
• List of Poles
• History of philosophy in Poland

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