# List of Polish-language authors

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
* (1757–1829) Wojciech Bogusławski
* (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
* (1839–1909) Adam Bełcikowski
* (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
* (1868-1940) Ludwik Marian Kurnatowski
* (1868–1927) Stanisław Przybyszewski
* (1869–1907) Stanisław Wyspiański
* (1870–1932) Malwina Garfeinowa-Garska
* (1871–1937) Andrzej Strug
* (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
* (1894–1969) Kazimierz Wierzyński
* (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
* (1898–1966) Jan Brzechwa
* (1899–1956) Jan Lechoń
* (1900–1961) Andrzej Stawar
* (1900–1967) Aleksander Wat
* (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
* (1904–1981) Janina Broniewska
* (1905–1964) Wanda Wasilewska
* (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
* (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
* (1925–2024) Bat-Sheva Dagan
* (1926–2015) Tadeusz Konwicki
* (1927–2009) Leszek Kołakowski
* (1928–2015) Roman Frister
* (1929–1994) Zbigniew Nienacki
* (1929–2004) Zygmunt Kubiak
* (1930–2013) Sławomir Mrożek
* (1930–1994) Bogdan-Dawid Wojdowski
* (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
* (1935–2019) Stanisław Moskal
* (born 1936) Henryk Grynberg
* (1936–1997) Agnieszka Osiecka
* (born 1937) Hanna Krall
* (1938–1985) Janusz A. Zajdel
* (1938–2017) Janusz Głowacki
* (1941–1989) Mirosław Dzielski
* (born 1941) Leszek Długosz
* (1943–2020) 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 1950) Stanisław Bereś
* (born 1952) Eva Stachniak
* (1952–2020) Jerzy Pilch
* (born 1954) Marek Huberath
* (1955–2022) Leszek Engelking
* (born 1955) Magdalena Tulli
* (1957–2009) 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
* (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 1967) Ewa Białołęcka
* (born 1968) Joanna Bator
* (born 1971) Anna Brzezińska
* (born 1972) Wojciech Kuczok
* (born 1974) Jacek Dukaj
* (born 1974) Sabina Jakubowska
* (born 1974) Andrzej Pilipiuk
* (born 1975) Michał Witkowski
* (born 1976) Zygmunt Miłoszewski
* (born 1976) Anna Kańtoch
* (born 1977) Łukasz Orbitowski
* (born 1978) Żanna Słoniowska
* (born 1979) Sylwia Chutnik
* (born 1980) Jacek Dehnel
* (born 1982) Jakub Ćwiek
* (born 1983) Dorota Masłowska
* (born 1984) Joanna Lech
* (born 1985) Xawery Stańczyk
* (born 1989) Weronika Murek