Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and, although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, …
Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian children's writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio.
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known as "Litwos"; May 5, 1846–November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. He was one of the most popular Polish writers …
Hugh Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature.
Alan Alexander Milne (pronounced /ˈmɪln/) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems.
To a Pole, the name Adam Mickiewicz is emblematic of Polishness and greatness. What Homer is to the Greeks, or Shakespeare to the English, Mickiewicz is to the Poles. He is a cultural icon, a name ine…
Bolesław Prus (pronounced:[bɔ'lεswaf 'prus]; Hrubieszów, August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912, Warsaw), whose actual name was Aleksander Głowacki, was a Polish journalist and novelist who is known especiall…
Prose writer, screenwriter and film director. Founder of the 'cinema d'auteur' in Poland and author of 20 books. Born in 1926 in Nowa Wilejka, near Vilnius (today Naujoji Vilnia, Lithuania), died on J…
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, née Ericsson, (1907 - 2002) was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 count…
Jan Brzechwa, born Jan Wiktor Lesman was a Polish writer of Jewish descent. He is mostly known for his contribution to children's literature as well as for his translations of Russian literature, tran…
Maria Krüger to pisarka literatury dziecięcej oraz dziennikarka. Ukończyła Wydział Humanistyczny Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz Akademię Nauk Politycznych w Warszawie. Z zawodu była ekonomistką. Debiut…
Jan Parandowski was a Polish writer, essayist, and translator. Best known for his works relating to classical antiquity, he was also the president of the Polish PEN Club between 1933 and 1978, with a …
Polska powieściopisarka, eseistka, dramatopisarka, tłumaczka dzieł literatury duńskiej, angielskiej i rosyjskiej; jedna z najważniejszych polskich powieściopisarek XX wieku, autorka tetralogii powieśc…
Poetka, publicystka, nowelistka, tłumaczka. Zajmowała się krytyką literacką. Pisała liryki stylizowane na ludowe i realistyczne obrazki (W piwnicznej izbie).…
Polish traveller, explorer and seeker of endangered cultures of the Amazon region. A fellow member of the Royal Geographical Society. In Poland, Wojciech Cejrowski is a popular television personality,…
Polska pisarka, autorka wierszy, opowiadań i książek dla dzieci. Należy do klasyków gatunku. Wydała blisko 50 pozycji książkowych (w tym zbiory opowiadań, wiersze). Jest także autorką utworów sceniczn…
I live in Oregon at the moment, though I hail from the UK. Growing up in a house overlooking a graveyard, on the edge of the bleak and foreboding Pennine Hills, seems to have instilled in me an obsess…
Míriam was born in a small town near Barcelona in '94. It's impossible to specify when she started to draw. She doodled on any smooth surface before even learning to walk. Now, she's a Comic student a…
Books can be attributed to "Unknown" when the author or editor (as applicable) is not known and cannot be discovered. If at all possible, list at least one actual author or editor for a book instead o…
