The representance of Polish literature

Adam Mickiewicz

National bard, the representant of romanticism age;

Author of:

„Mister Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: a History of the Nobility in the Years 1811 and 1812 in Twelve Books of Verse” („Pan Tadeusz”), „Forefathers' Eve” („Dziady”), „Ballads and romances” („Ballay i romanse”)

Temporary grave of Adam Mickiewicz in a crypt under his apartment, now Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul.

Juliusz Słowacki

National bard, the representant of romanticism age; Author of”Balladyna”, „Kordian”

Słowacki’s grave on Paris cemetary Montmartre.

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Story writer of the positivism age. The author of „The Teutonic Knights” („Krzyżacy”), „The Deluge” („Potop”), ”With Fire and Sword” („Ogniem i mieczem), ”Fire in the Steppe” also known as „Colonel Wolodyjowski” („Pan Wołodyjowski”), „Quo Vadis”;

Laureate of Nobel Price

Sienkiewicz's tomb, St. John’s Cathedral, Warsaw

Władysław Stanisław Reymont

Polish prose and short story writter, the representant of Young Poland; laureate of Nobel Price.

Pitaph of Władysław Reymont heart in Basilica of Saint Cross in Warsaw

Czesław Miłosz

Modern Polish poet, story and essay writer, politician; laurete of Nobel Price

Miłosz’s poem on the statue in Gdańsk

Writer’s grave in Meritorius Crypt in Skałka in Cracow

Wisława Szymborska

Modern Polish story and essay writer, and literature reviewer; laureate of Nobel Price

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