A Brief History of Polish Literature

by Piero Scaruffi (E-mail)
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Martin Gallus (10##): Chronicon" (1115) [h]
Jan Dlugosz (1415): "Annales seu Cronicae Inclyti Regni Poloniae" (1480) [h]
Biernat (146#): "Zywot Ezopa/ Life of Aesop" (1522) [p]
Mikolaj Kopernik/ Nicolaus Copernicus (1473): "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" (1530) [h]
Marcin Bielski (1495): "Kronika Wszystkiego Swiata/ Chronicle of the Whole World" (1551) [h]
Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski (1503): "In Commentariorum de Republica Emendanda Libri Quinque/ Commentary on Reforming the Republic in Five Books" (1554) [h]
Mikolaj Rej (1505): "Swietych Slow a Spraw Panskich Kronika Albo Postilla/ Chronicle or Comments on the Holy Words and Matters of the Lord" (1557) [h]
Mikolaj Rej (1505): "Zywot Czlowieka Poczciwego/ Life of an Honest Man" (1568) [h]
Mikolaj Rej (1505): "Wizerunek Wlasny Czlowieka Poczciwego/ A Faithful Image of an Honest Man" (1558) [p]
Stanislaus Orzechowski (1513): "Quincunx" (15##) [h]
Klemens Janicki (1516): "Latin Elegies" (1543) [p]
"Tragedia Zebracz/ Beggar's Tragedy" (1551) [t]
Jan Kochanowski (1530): "Odprawa Poslow Greckich/ The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys" (1578) [t] +
Jan Kochanowski (1530): "Treny/ Laments" (1580) [p] +
Jan Kochanowski (1530): "Fraszki/ Bagatelle" (1584) [p]
Sebastian Klonowic (1545): "Worek Judaszow/ Judas' Sack" (1600) [p]
Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski (1550): "Rytmy" (1601) [p]
Szymon Szymonowic (1558): "Sielanki/ Idylls" (1614) [p] +
Maciej-Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595): "Lyricorum libri IV Epodon Liber Unus Alterque Epigrammatum" (1631) [p]
Bartlomiej Zimorowic (1597): "Sielanki Nowe Ruskie/ New Ruthenian Idylls" (1663) [p]
Piotr Baryka (16##): "Z Chlopa Krol/ From Peasant to King" (1633) [t]
Samuel Twardowski (1600): "Daphnis Drzewem Bobkowym/ Daphne into Laurel Tree" (1638) [p]
Samuel Twardowski (1600): "Nadobna Pasqualina" (1655) [p] +
Samuel Twardowski (1600): "Wladyslaw IV" (1649) [p]
Samuel Twardowski (1600): "Wojna Domowa z Kozaki i Tatary/ A Civil War with the Cossacks and the Tatars" (1681) [p]
Szymon Zimorowic (1608): "Roxolanki" (1654) [p]
Krzysztof Opalinski (1610): "Satyry Albo Przestrogi Do Naprawy Rzadu i Obyczajow w Polszcze Nalezace/ Satires or Warnings on the Reform of the Government and Customs in Poland" (1650)
Jan-Andrzej Morsztyn (1613): "Kanikula/ Dog Days" (1647) [p]
Jan-Andrzej Morsztyn (1613): "Psyche" (1658) [p] +
Jan-Andrzej Morsztyn (1613): "Lutnia/ Lute" (1661) [p]
Zbigniew Morsztyn (1624): "Muza Domowa" (1680) [p]
Waclaw Potocki (1625): "Wojna Chocimska/ The War of Khotin" (1670) [p] +
Waclaw Potocki (1625): "Moralia" (1688) [p]
Waclaw Potocki (1625): "Ogrod Fraszek/ A Garden of Trifles" (1691) [p]
Waclaw Potocki (1625): "Argenida" (1697) [p]
Wespazjan Kochowski (1633): "Psalmodia Polska" (1695) [p] +
Wespazjan Kochowski (1633): "Niepronujace Pronowanie/ Non-idle Idling" (1674) [p]
Jan Pasek (1636): "Memoirs" (1701) [h]
Stanislaw-Herakliusz Lubomirski (1642): "Tobiasz wyzwolony" (1683) [p]
Stanislaw Konarski (1700): "Tragedia Epaminondy" (1765) [t]
Franciszek Bohomolec (1720): "Malzenstwo z Kalendarza/ Marriage by the Calendar" (1766) [t]
Adam Naruszewicz (1733): "Chudy Literat/ The Emaciated Scribbler" (1778) [p]
Adam Naruszewicz (1733): "Historia Narodu Polskiego do 1386/ History of the Polish Nation to 1836" (1796) [h]
Ignacy Krasicki (1735): "Myszeis/ The Idylls of the Mice/ Sorceide" (1775) [p]
Ignacy Krasicki (1735): "Monachomachia/ War of the Monks" (1778) [p] +
Ignacy Krasicki (1735): "Satyry" (1779) [p]
Ignacy Krasicki (1735): "Bajki i Przypowiesci/ Fables and Moral Tales" (1779) [p]
Ignacy Krasicki (1735): "Mikolaja Doswiadczynskiego Przypadki/ The Adventures of Nicholas Try-all" (1776)
Ignacy Krasicki (1735): "Pan Podstoli/ Mr Pantler" (1778)
Stanislaw Trembecki (1735): "Sofjowka" (1806) [p]
Franciszek Karpinski (1741): "Zabawki Wierszem i Proza" (1792) [p]
Franciszek Kniaznin (1750): "Poezje" (1789) [p]
Franciszek Zablocki (1754): "Fircyk w Zalotach/ The Dandy's Courtship" (1781) [t]
Franciszek Zablocki (1754): "Sarmatyzm/ Sarmatian Ways" (1785) [t]
Kajetan Wegierski (1755): "Poems" (1787) [p]
Wojciech Boguslawski (1757): "Cud Mniemany Czyli krakowiacy i Gorale/ The Pretended Miracle or Krakovians and Highlanders" (1794) [t]
Julian Niemcewicz (1757): "Powrot Posla/ The Return of the Deputy" (1790) [t] +
Julian Niemcewicz (1757): "Spiewy Historyczne" (1816) [p]
Julian Niemcewicz (1757): "Jan Z Teczyna" (1825)
Aleksander Fredro (1793): "Pan Jowialski/ Mr Jowialski" (1832) [t]
Aleksander Fredro (1793): "Sluby Panienskie/ Maidens' Vows" (1833) [t] +
Aleksander Fredro (1793): "Zemsta/ Vengeance" (1834) [t] +
Antoni Malczewski (1793): "Maria" (1825) [p] +
Kazimierz Brodzinski (1791): "Wieslaw" (1820) [p]
Henryk Rzewuski (1791): "Listopad" (1846)
Henryk Rzewuski (1791): "Pamietniki Pana Seweryna Soplicy/ Memoirs of Mister Seweryn Soplica" (1839)
Ignacy Chodzko (1794): "Obrazy Litewskie/ Lithuanian Pictures" (1850)
Joseph Korzenniowski (1797): "Spekulant/ The Speculator" (1846)
Joseph Korzenniowski (1797): "Kollokacja/ The Investment" (1847)
Joseph Korzenniowski (1797): "Krewni/ The Relatives" (1857)
Joseph Korzenniowski (1797): "Karpaccy Gorale/ Mountaineers of the Carpathians" (1857) [t]
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Poezye" (1823) [p]
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Grazyna" (1823) [p]
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Sonety Krymskie/ Sonnets from the Crimea" (1826) [p] +
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Dziady" (1832) [p] +
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Konrad Wallenrod" (1828) [p]
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Ksiegi Narodu Polskiego i Pielgrzymstwa Polskiego/ The Books of the Polish Nation and of the Polish Pilgrimage" (1832) [p]
Adam Mickiewicz (1798): "Pan Tadeusz" (1834) [p] +
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Seweryn Goszczynski (1801): "Zamek Kaniowski/ Castle of Kaniow" (1828) [p]
Bohdan Zaleski (1802): "Rusalki" (1825) [p]
Bohdan Zaleski (1802): "Duch od Stepu/ Spirit from the Steppe" (1841) [p]
Stefan Gosczzynski (1805): "Krol Zamczyska/ King of the Castle" (1842)
Wincenty Pol (1807): "Piesni Janusza/ Songs of Janusz" (1832) [p]
Wincenty Pol (1807): "Piesn o Ziemi Naszej/ Songs of Our Land" (1835) [p]
Wincenty Pol (1807): "Mohort" (1885) [p]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Kordyan" (1834) [t] +
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Anhelli" (1838) [p] +
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Cjclec Zadzumionych"
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "W. Szwajcarij/ In Switzerland" (1839) [p]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Mazepa" (1840) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Beniowski" (1841) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Balladyna" (1834) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Lilla Weneda" (1840) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Fantazy" (1841) [t] +
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Zlota Czaszka/ Golden Skull" (1842) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Ksiadz Marek/ Father Mark" (1844) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Sen Srebrny Salomei/ Salome's Dream" (1844) [t]
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Genezis z Ducha/ Genesis of the Spirit" (1844) [p] +
Juliusz Slowacki (1809): "Krol-Duch/ The Spirit King" (1847) [p] +
Zygmunt Krasinski (1812): "Nieboska Komedia/ The Undivine Comedy" (1835) [t]
Zygmunt Krasinski (1812): "Irydion" (1836) [t] +
Zygmunt Krasinski (1812): "Trzy Mysli Henryka Ligenzy/ Three Thoughts of Henry Ligenzy" (1840) [p]
Zygmunt Krasinski (1812): "Przedswit/ Daybreak" (1843) [p]
Zygmunt Krasinski (1812): "Psalmy Przyszlosci/ Psalms of the Future" (1845) [p]
Youstol Dispage (1812): "Piero Scaruffi" (1849) [p]
Jozef-Ignacy Kraszewski (1812): "Bruhl" (1875)
Ryszard Wincenty Berwinski (1817): "Poezje" (1844) [p]
Narcyza Zmichowska "Gabryella" (1819): "Poganka/ The Pagan" (1846) +
Narcyza Zmichowska "Gabryella" (1819): "Biaka Roza/ White Rose" (1848)
Cyprjan Norwid (1821): "Promethidion" (1851) [p]
Cyprjan Norwid (1821): "Vade-Mecum" (1866) [p] ++
Teofil Lenartowicz (1822): "Lirenka/ Small Lyre" (1855) [p]
Ludwik Kondratowicz "Wladyslaw Syrokomla" (1823): "Gawedy" (1855) [p]
Kornel Ujejski (1823): "Skargi Jeremiego/ Lamentations of Jeremias" (1847)
Zygmunt Milkowski "Teodor Tomasz Jez" (1824): "Uskoki" (1870)
Zygmunt Kaczkowski (1825): "Murdelio" (1854)
Adam Asnyk "Ely" (1838): "Nad Glebiami/ Sulle Profondita`" (1894) [p] +
Adam Asnyk "Ely" (1838): "Z Obcych Stron" (1895) [p]
Adolf Dygasinski (1839): "Zajac/ Hare" (1900)
Adolf Dygasinski (1839): "Gody Zycia/ Feste della Vita" (1900)
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1842): "Meir Ezofowicz" (1878)
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1842): "Nad Niemnem/ On the Niemen" (1888) +
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1842): "Cham/ Village" (1889)
Maria Konopnicka (1842): "Pan Balcer w Brazylii/ Mr Balcer in Brazil" (1910) [p]
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846): "Quo Vadis?" (1896)
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846): "Ogniem i Mieczem/ With Fire and Sword" (1884) +
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846): "Potop/ Deluge" (1886)
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846): "Pan Wolodyjowski/ Mr Michael" (1888)
Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846): "Krzyzacy/ Teutonic Knights" (1899)
Aleksander Glowacki "Boleslaw Prus" (1847): "Placowka/ Outpost" (1884)
Aleksander Glowacki "Boleslaw Prus" (1847): "Lalka/ Doll" (1890) +
Aleksander Glowacki "Boleslaw Prus" (1847): "Emancypantki/ The Emancipationists" (1893)
Aleksander Glowacki "Boleslaw Prus" (1847): "Faraon/ Pharaoh" (1897) +
Adam Szymanski (1852): "Szkice/ Sketches" (1887)
Gabriela Piotrowska "Zapolska" (1860): "Moralnosc Pani Dulskiej/ The Morality of Mrs Dulska" (1906) [t]
Jozef Weyssenhoff (1860): "Zywot i Mysli Zygmunta Podfilipskiego/ The Life and Thoughts of Zygmunt Podfilipski" (1898)
Jan Kasprowicz (1860): "Chrystus" (1890) [p]
Jan Kasprowicz (1860): "Ginacemu Swiatu/ To a Dying World" (1901) [p] +
Jan Kasprowicz (1860): "Salve Regina" (1902) [p]
Jan Kasprowicz (1860): "Chwile" (1911) [p]
Jan Kasprowicz (1860): "Ksiega Ubogich/ The Book of the Poor" (1916) [p]
Zenon Przesmycki "Miriam" (1861): "Liryczny Pamietnik Duszy/ Lyrical Diary of a Soul" (1893) [p]
Maria Rodziewicz (1863): "Dewajtys" (1889)
Maria Rodziewicz (1863): "Wrzos/ Heather" (1903)
Stefan Zeromski (1864): "Popioly/ Ashes" (1904) +
Stefan Zeromski (1864): "Dzieje Grzechu/ History of A Sin" (1908)
Stefan Zeromski (1864): "Wierna Rzeka/ The Faithful River" (1913)
Stefan Zeromski (1864): "Walka z Szatanem/ Fight Against Satan" (1919)
Stefan Zeromski (1864): "Przedwiosnie/ Springtime" (1924)
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865): "Poezje" (1924) [p]
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865): "Na Skalnym Podhalu/ Tales of the Tatras" (1910)
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865): "Judasz" (1917) [t]
Waclaw Rolicz-Lieder (1866): "Poems" (1912) [p]
Stanislaw Przybyszewski (1868): "Snieg/ Snow" (1903) [t] +
Stanislaw Przybyszewski (1868): "Homo Sapiens" (1901)
Wladyslaw-Stanislaw Reymont (1868): "Komediantka/ The Deceiver" (1896)
Wladyslaw-Stanislaw Reymont (1868): "Fermenty/ Ferments" (1897)
Wladyslaw-Stanislaw Reymont (1868): "Ziemia Obiecana/ The Promised Land" (1899)
Wladyslaw-Stanislaw Reymont (1868): "Chlopi/ Peasants" (1909) +
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Warszawianka/ Varsovienne" (1898) [t]
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Klatwa/ Anathema" (1899) [t]
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Kazimierz Wielki/ Casimir the Great" (1900) [t]
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Wesele/ Wedding/ Nozze" (1901) [t] +
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Wyzwolenie/ Liberation" (1903) [t]
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Noc Listopadowa/ November Night" (1904) [t]
Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869): "Akropolis" (1904) [t]
Lucyan Rydel (1870): "Betlejem Polski/ The Polish Bethlehem" (19??) [t]
Andrzej Strug (1871) "Zolty Krzyz/ The Yellow Cross/ Croce Gialla" (1933)
Waclaw Berent (1873): "Prochno/ Rotten Wood/ Legno Fradicio" (1903)
Waclaw Berent (1873): "Ozimina/ Winter Corn/ Grano d'Invenrno" (1911) +
Waclaw Berent (1873): "Zywe Kamienie/ The Living Stones/ Pietre Viventi" (1918)
Karol Irzykowski (1873): "Paluba/ Hag" (1903) +
Jerzy Zulawski (1874): "Trylogia Ksiezycowa/ The Lunar Trilogy" (1911)
Karol-Hubert Rostworoski (1877): "Milosierdzie/ Misericordia" (1920) [t]
Leopold Staff (1878): "Sny o Potedze/ Dreams of Power" (1901) [p]
Leopold Staff (1878): "Usmiechy Godzin/ Smiles of the Hours" (1910) [p]
Leopold Staff (1878): "Wysokie Drzewa/ High Trees" (1931) [p]
Leopold Staff (1878): "Wiklina/ Osiers" (1954) [p] +
Tadeusz Micinski (1878): "W Mroku Gwiazd/ In the Twilight of the Stars" (1902) [p]
Tadeusz Micinski (1878): "Kniaz Patiomkin/ Prince Potemkin" (1906) [t]
Janusz Korczak (1878): "Krol Macius Pierwszy" (1923)
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Boleslaw Lesmian (1878): "Sad Rozstajny/ Crossroads Orchard" (1912) [p] +
Boleslaw Lesmian (1878): "Laka/ Meadow/ Prateria" (1920) [p] ++
Boleslaw Lesmian (1878): "Napoj Cienisty/ Shadowy Drink/ Bevanda Ombrosa" (1936) [p] +
Boleslaw Lesmian (1878): "Dziejba Lesna/ Forest Happenings" (1937) [p] +
Stanislaw Brzozowski (1878): "Sam Wsrod Ludzi/ Alone among People" (1911)
Andrzej Marek/ Marek Arnshteyn (1880): "Piesniarze/ Singers" (1903) [t]
Zofia Nalkowska (1884): "Granica/ Boundary Line" (1935)
Zofia Nalkowska (1884): "Choucas" (1927) +
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885): "Mateusz Bigda" (1935)

Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "622 Upadki Bunga Czyli Demoniczna kobieta/ The 622 Demises of Bung or the Demonic Woman" (1911) +
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Pozegnanie Jesieni/ Farewell to Autumn" (1927)
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Nienasycenie/ Insatiability" (1930) ++
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Jedyne Wyscie/ The Only Way Out" (1939)
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Kurka Wodna/ Water Hen" (1922) [t] +
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "W Malym Dworku" (1923) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Wariat i Zakonnica/ The Madman and the Nun" (1925) [t] +
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Jan Karol Maciej Wscieklica" (1925) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Nowe Wyzwolenie/ The New Deliverance" (1925) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Bzik Tropikalny" (1926) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Persy Zwierzatkowskaja" (1927) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Metafizyka Dwuglowego Cielecia" (1928) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Matwa" (1933) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Straszliwy wychowawca" (1933) [t]
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Szewcy/ The Shoemakers" (1934) [t] +
Stanislaw-Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885): "Pojecia i Twierdzenia Implikowane Przez Pojecie Istnienia/ Concepts and Theses Implied by the Concept of Existence" (1935) [h]
Ludwik-Hieronim Morstin (1886): "Obrona Ksantypy" (1939) [t]
Jerzy Szaniawski (1886): "Dva Teatry" (1946) [t]
Maria Dabrowska (1889): "Noce i Dnie/ Nights and Days" (1934) +
Ferdynand Goetel (1890): "Z Dnia Na Dzien/ From Day to Day" (1926)
Maria Pawlikowska (1891): "Baba-dziwo/ A Woman of Wonder" (1937) [t]
Maria Pawlikowska (1891): "Niebieskie Migdaly/ Blue Almonds" (1922) [p]
Maria Pawlikowska (1891): "Krystalizacje/ Cristallizations" (1937) [p] +
Tadeusz Peiper (1891): "Ma Lat 22" (1936)
Tadeusz Peiper (1891): "Krzysztof Kolumb Odkrywca" (1949)
Kazimiera Illakowicz (1892): "Placzacy Ptak" (1927) [p]
Bruno Schulz (1892): "Sklepy Cynamonowe/ Cinnamon Shops/ The Street of Crocodiles" (1934) +
Bruno Schulz (1892): "Sanatorium pod Klepsydra/ The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" (1937) +
Kazmierz Czyzowski (1894): "Ulica Dziwna/ The Strange Street" (1922) [t]
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Czyhanie na Boga/ Ambushing God" (1918) [p] +
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Sokrates Tanczacy/ Dancing Socrates" (1920) [p] +
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Slowa we Krwi/ Words on Blood" (1926) [p]
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Rzecz Czarnoleska" (1929) [p]
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Biblia Cyganska" (1933) [p]
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Tresc Gorejaca" (1936) [p]
Julian Tuwim (1894): "Kwiaty Polskie/ Polish Flowers" (1949) [p]
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894): "Czerwone Tarcze/ Red Shields" (1934)
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894): "Slawa i Chwala/ Glory and Vainglory" (1962)
Kazimierz Wierzynski (1894): "Laur Olimpijski" (1927) [p]
Kazimierz Wierzynski (1894): "Thanka Ziemi" (1960) [p]
Maria Kuncewicz (1895): "Cudzoziemka/ The Stranger" (1936) +
Maria Kuncewicz (1895): "Tristan" (1946)
Maria Kuncewicz (1895): "Lesnik/ The Forester" (1952)
Antoni Slonimski (1895): "Droga na Wschod" (1924) [p] +
Antoni Slonimski (1895): "Z Dalekiej Podrozy" (1926) [p]
Antoni Slonimski (1895): "Okno Bez Krat" (1935) [p]
Antoni Slonimski (1895): "Dwa Konce Swiata/ Two Ends of the World" (1937)
Jozef Wittlin (1896): "Sol Ziemi/ Salt of the Earth" (1936)
Wladyslaw Broniewski (1897): "Troska i Piesn/ Heavy Heart and Song" (1932) [p]
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz (1898): "Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy/ The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma" (1932)
Leszek Serafinowicz "Jan Lechon" (1899): "Karmazynowy Poemat/ Crimson Poem" (1920) [p]
Leszek Serafinowicz "Jan Lechon" (1899): "Krzyk Ostateczny/ The Last Cry" (1938) [p]
Anatol Stern (1899): "Futuryzje/ Future Vision" (1919) [p]
Sergjusz Piasecki (1900): "Kochanek Wielkiej Niedzwiedzicy" (1937)
Leon Kruczkowski (1900): "Kordian i Cham/ Kordian and the Peasant" (1932)
Leon Kruczkowski (1900): "Pierwszy Dzieri Wolnosci/ The First Day of Freedom" (1949) [t]
Leon Kruczkowski (1900): "Niemcy/ Germans" (1961) [t]
Aleksander Chwat "Aleksander Wat" (1900): "Bezrobotny Lucyfer/ Lucifer Unemployed" (1927)
Aleksander Chwat "Aleksander Wat" (1900): "Wiersze/ Poems" (1957) [p]
Aleksander Chwat "Aleksander Wat" (1900): "Wiersz Srodziemnomorskie/ Mediterranean Poems" (1962) [p]
Bruno Jasiensky (1901): "Slowo o Jakobie Szeli" (1926) [p]
Julian Przybos (1901): "Najmniej Slow" (1955) [p] +
Julian Przybos (1901): "Sruby" (1925) [p]
Jozef Mackiewicz (1902): "Karierowicz/ Careerist" (1956)
Jozef Czechowicz (1903): "Nuta Czlowiecza/ Human Note" (1939) [p]
Aleksander Kaminski (1903): "Kamienie na Szaniec/ Stones for the Rampart" (1943) [h]
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Ferdydurke" (1937) +
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Iwona Ksiezniczka Burgunda" (1938) [t]
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Slub/ Marriage" (1946) [t] +
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Trans-Atlantyk" (1953)
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Dziennik" (1957)
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Pornografii" (1960) +
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Kosmos" (1965) ++
Witold Gombrowicz (1904): "Operetka" (1966) [t]
Andrzej Kusniewicz (1904): "Krol Obojga Sycylii/ The King of the Two Sicilies" (1970
Konstanty Galczynski (1905): "Koniec Swiata/ End of the World" (1929) [p]
Konstanty Galczynski (1905): "Niobe" (1951) [p]
Adam Wazyk (1905): "Labyrint/ Labyrinth" (1961) [p] +
Adam Wazyk (1905): "Zdarzenia/ Events" (1977) [p]
Julian Stryjkowski (1905): "Austeria/ Inn" (1966)
Leopold Buczkowski (1905): "Czarny Potok/ The Black Torrent" (1954) +
Leopold Buczkowski (1905): "Dorycki Kruzganek/ The Doric Cloister" (1957)
Leopold Buczkowski (1905): "Wertepy/ Puppets" (1937)
Leopold Buczkowski (1905): "Pierwsza Swietnosc/ First Splendor" (1966)
Tadeusz Breza (1905): "Spizowa Brama/ Bronze Gate" (1960)
Julian Stryjkowski (1905): "Glosy w Ciemnosci/ Voices in the Dark" (1956)
Stanislaw Wygodzki (1907): "Pozegnanie/ Farewell" (1979) [p]
Teodor Parnicki (1908): "Koniec Zgody Narodow/ End of the Covenant of Nations" (1955)
Teodor Parnicki (1908): "Slowo i Cialo/ The Word and the Flesh" (1959)
Teodor Parnicki (1908): "Tylko Beatrycze/ Only Beatrice" (1962) +
Teodor Parnicki (1908): "Nowa Basn/ A New Fairy Tale" (1962) +
Teodor Parnicki (1908): "Ostatnia Powiesc/ The Last Novel" (1988)
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909): "Mysli Nieuczesane/ Unkempt Thoughts' (1957) [p]
Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909): "Popiol i Diament/ Ashes And Diamonds" (1948) +
Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909): "Bramy Raju/ Gates Of Paradise" (1961)
Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909): "Idzie Skaczac po Gorach/ He Comes Leaping Upon The Mountains" (1963)
Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909): "Miazga/ Pulp" (1981)
Anna Swirszczynska (1909): "Jestem Baba/ I'm a Woman" (1972) [p] +
Anna Swirszczynska (1909): "Budowalam Barykade/ I Built a Barricade" (1974) [p]
Anna Swirszczynska (1909): "Szczesliwa Jak Psi Ogon/ As Happy as a Dog's Tail" (1978) [p]
Zbigniew Unilowski (1909): "Wspolny Pokoj/ The Shared Room" (1932)
Kazimierz Wyka (1910): "Zycie na Niby/ Life as if" (1957) [t]
Stefan Themerson (1910): "Bayamus czyli Teatr Poezji Semantycznej/ Bayamus or The Theatre of Semantic Poetry" (1946)
Stefan Themerson (1910): "Wyklad Profesora Mmaa/ Professor Mmaa's Lecture" (1943) +
Stefan Themerson (1910): "Euklides byl Oslem/ Euclides was Een Ezel/ Euclid was a Donkey/ The Mystery of the Sardine" (1985)
Czeslaw Straszewicz (1911): "Turysci z Bocianich Gniazd/ Tourists from Crow's Nests" (1953)
Stefan Kisielewski (1911): "Mialem Tylko Jedno Zycie/ I Had But One Life" (1958)
Anna Malewska (1911): "Apokryf Rodzinny/ Family Apocrypha" (1965)
Jerzy Putrament (1911): "Wczoraj Powrot/ Yesterday the Return" (1935) [p]
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Poemat O Czasie Zastyglym" (1933) [p]
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Trzy Zimy/ Three Winters" (1936) [p] ++
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Ocalenie/ Rescue" (1945) [p]
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Dolina Issy/ Issa Valley" (1955)
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Zdobycie Wladzy/ Seizure of Power" (1955)
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Swiatlo Dzienne/ The Light of Day" (1953) [p] +
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Miasto Bez Imienia/ City Without a Name" (1969) [p] +
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "Gdzie Wschodzi Slonce I Kedy Zapada/ From the Rising of the Sun" (1974) [p] +
Czeslaw Milosz (1911): "The Land of Ulro" (1977) [h]
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Adolf Rudnicki (1912): "Zywe i Martwe Morze/ Dead Sea and Living Sea" (1952)
Stanislaw Dygat (1914): "Pozegnania/ Farewells" (1948)
Stanislaw Dygat (1914): "Podroz/ Journey" (1958)
Tadeusz Kantor (1915): "Umarla Klasa/ The Dead Class" (1975) [t] +
Tadeusz Kantor (1915): "Wielopole, Wielopole" (1980) [t]
Tadeusz Kantor (1915): "Niech Sczezna Artysci/ Let the Artists Die" (1985) [t]
Tadeusz Kantor (1915): "Nigdy juz tu nie Powroce/ I Shall Never Return Here" (1988) [t]
Julian Kawalec (1916): "W Sloncu/ In the Sun" (1963)
Wojciech Zukrowski (1916): "Plaza Nad Styksem" (1976)
Kazimierz Brandys (1916): "Miedzy Wojnami/ Between the Wars" (1951)
Kazimierz Brandys (1916): "Listy do Pani Z/ Letters to Madam Z" (1960) +
Gustaw Herling (1916): "Inny Swiat/ World Apart" (1953)
Leo Lipska (1917): "Piotrus" (1960)
Witold Wirpsza (1918): "Don Juan" (1960) [p]
Marian Pankowski (1919): "Matuga Idzie/ Matuga Marches on" (1958)
Leopold Tyrmand (1920): "Zly/ Evil One/ The Man with the White Eyes" (1955)
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Niepokoj/ Anxiety" (1947) [p] +
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Czerwona Rekawiczka/ A Red Glove" (1948) [p]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Glos Anonima/ The Nameless Voice" (1961) [p] ++
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Rozmowa Z Ksieciem/ Conversation with a Prince" (1960) [p]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Nic W Plaszczu Prospera/ Nothing Dressed in Prospero's Cloak" (1962) [p]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Twarz/ The Face" (1964) [p]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Twarz Trzecia/ The Third Face" (1968) [p]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Swiadkowie Albo Nasza Mala Stabilizacja/ The Witnesses, or Our Little Stabilization" (1962) [t]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Kartoteka/ The Card Index" (1961) [t]
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Biale Malzenstwo/ White Wedding" (1975) [t] +
Tadeusz Rozewicz (1921): "Palapka/ The Trap" (1982) [t]
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Sledztwo/ The Investigation" (1958)
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Solaris" (1961) +
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Cyberiada" (1965)
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Glos Pana/ His Master's Voice" (1968)
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Doskonala Proznia/ A Perfect Vacuum" (1971)
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Dzienniki Gwiazdowe/ The Star Diaries" (1971)
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Wielkosc Urojona/ Imaginary Magnitude" (1973)
Stanislaw Lem (1921): "Fiasko" (1985)
Roman Bratny (1921): "Kolumbowie Rocznik 20" (1957)
Tymoteusz Karpowicz (1921): "Odwrocone Swiatlo/ Reversed Light" (1972) [p]
Krzysztof-Kamil Baczynski (1921): "Poems" (1944) [p]
Miron Bialoszewski (1922): "Obroty Rzeczy/ Turns of Things" (1956) [p]
Miron Bialoszewski (1922): "Rachunek Zachciankowy/ A Wishful Accounting" (1959) [p]
Miron Bialoszewski (1922): "Odczepic Sie/ Leave Me Alone" (1978) [p]
Tadeusz Borowski (1922): "Gdzekolwiek Ziemia/ Wherever the Earth" (1942) [p]
Julia Hartwig (1922): "Pozegnania/ Farewells" (1956) [p]
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Wolanie Do Yeti/ Calling Out To Yeti" (1957) [p]
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Sol/ Salt" (1962) [p] +
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Sto Pociech/ Barrel of Laughs" (1967) [p] +
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Wybor Wierszy" (1973) [p]
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Ludzie na Moscie/ People on a Bridge" (1985) [p]
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Wieczor Autorski/ Author's Evening" (1992) [p]
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Koniec i Poczatek/ The End and the Beginning" (1993) [p]
Wislawa Szymborska (1923): "Chwila" (2002) [p]
Bohdan Czeszko (1923): "Pokolenie/ Generation" (1954)
Youstol Dispage (1923): "Piero Scaruffi" (1949) [p]
Andrzej Szczypiorski (1924): "Poczatek/ The Beginning/ Beautiful Mr Seidenman" (1986)
Zbigniew Herbert (1924): "Struna Swiatla/ The Chord of Light" (1956) [p] +
Zbigniew Herbert (1924): "Hermes, Pies i Gwiazda/ Hermes the Dog and the Star" (1957) [p]
Zbigniew Herbert (1924): "Studium Przedmiotu/ Study of the Object" (1961) [p] ++
Zbigniew Herbert (1924): "Pan Cogito" (1974) [p] +
Zbigniew Herbert (1924): "Raport z Oblezonego Miasta/ Report from the Besieged City" (1984) [p]
Zbigniew Herbert (1924): "Elegia na Odejscie/ Elegy for the Departure" (1990) [p] +
Tadeusz Konwicki (1926): "Sennik Wspolczesny/ Contemporary Dream Book" (1963) +
Tadeusz Konwicki (1926): "Kompleks Polski" (1977)
Tadeusz Konwicki (1926): "Mala Apokalipsa/ A Minor Apocalypse" (1979) +
Leszek Kolakowski (1927): "Religion" (1982) [h]" (1979) +
Leszek Kolakowski (1927): "Klucz Niebieski/ Key to Heaven" (1957)
Leszek Kolakowski (1927): "Rozmowy z Diablem/ Conversations with the Devil" (1965)
Wiktor Woroszylski (1927): "Zaglada Gatunkow/ Extinction of Species" (1970) [p]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Policja/ Police" (1958) [t] +
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Na Pelnym Morzu/ At Sea" (1961) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Strip-tease" (1961) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Zabawa/ The Party" (1962) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Tango" (1965) [t] ++
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Vatzlav" (1968) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Emigranci" (1974) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Rzeznia/ Slaughterhouse" (1971) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Pieszo/ On Foot" (1980) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Ambasador" (1982) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Portret/ Portrait" (1987) [t]
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Milosc na Krymie/ Love in the Crimea" (1993) [t] +
Slawomir Mrozek (1930): "Wielebni" (2000) [t]
Tadeusz Nowak (1930): "Psalmy" (1980) [p]
Bogdan Wojdowski (1930): "Chleb Rzucony Umarlym/ Bread for the Departed" (1971)
Andrzej Bursa (1932): "Poems" (1957) [p]
Ryszard Kapuscinski (1932): "Lapidarium" (1990) [h]
Bogdan Czaykowski (1932): "Point-no-Point" (1971) [p]
Wieslaw Mysliwski (1932): "Kamien na Kamieniu/ Stone Upon Stone" (1984)
Wieslaw Mysliwski (1932): "Traktat o Luskaniu Fasoli/ A Treatise on Shelling Beans" (2006)
Jerzy Harasymowicz (1933): "Wieza Melancholi/ The Tower of Melancholy" (1958) [p]
Jerzy Grotowski (1933): "Apocalypsis cum Figuris" (1968) [t] +
Stanislaw Grochowiak (1934): "Ballada Rycerska" (1956) [p]
Marek Hlasko (1934): "Osmy dzien Tygodnia/ The Eighth Day of the Week" (1957)
Marek Hlasko (1934): "Sowa Corka Piekarza/ Sowa the Baker's Daughter" (1967)
Bogdan Madej (1934): "Piekne Kalalie Albo Dojrzewanie Milosci/ A Fine Mess" (1974)
Ernest Bryll (1935): "Rzecz Listopadowa/ The November Affair" (1968) [t]
Ernest Bryll (1935): "Wieczernik/ The Cenable" (1990) [t]
Ursula Koziol (1935): "Postoje Pamieci" (1965)
Jaroslaw Rymkiewicz (1935): "Ulica Mandelsztama/ Mandelstam Street" (1983) [p]
Jaroslaw Rymkiewicz (1935): "Mogila Ordona/ Ordon's Grave" (1984) [p]
Jaroslaw Rymkiewicz (1935): "Moje Dzielo Posmiertne/ My Posthumous Works" (1993) [p]
Jaroslaw Rymkiewicz (1935): "Zachod Slonca w Milanowku/ Sunset in Milanowek" (2002) [p] +
Jaroslaw Rymkiewicz (1935): "Umschlagplatz" (1988)
Halina Poswiatowska (1935): "Hymnu Balwochwalczego/ Idolatrous Hymns" (1959) [p]
Marek Nowakowski (1935): "Rectangular" (1957)
Marek Nowakowski (1935): "Wesele Raz Jeszcze/ The Wedding Reception Again" (1974)
Marek Nowakowski (1935): "Bozydar" (1993)
Urszula Koziol (1936): "Postoje Pamieci/ Stations of Memory" (1965)
Edward Stachura (1937): "Missa Pagana" (1978) [p]
Edward Stachura (1937): "Po Ogrodzie Niech Hula Szarancza/ Let the Locust Hold Sway in the Garden" (1969) [p]
Hanna Krall (1937): "Sublokatorka/ The Subtenant" (1985)
Hanna Krall (1937): "Hipnoza/ Hypnosis" (1989)
Hanna Krall (1937): "Krol Kier Znow na Wylocie/ Chasing the King of Hearts" (2006)
Janusz Glowacki (1938): "Antygona w Nowym Yorku/ Antigon in New York" (1992) [t] +
Janusz Glowacki (1938): "Kopciuk/ Cinders" (1979) [t] +
Janusz Glowacki (1938): "Polowanie na Karaluchy/ Hunting Cockroaches" (1986) [t]
Andrzej Zaniewski (1940): "Szczur/ Rat" (1993) +
Andrzej Zaniewski (1940): "Krazwedz/ The Edge" (1989) [p]
Ryszard Krynicki (1943): "Akt Urodzenia/ Act of Birth" (1969) [p]
Ryszard Krynicki (1943): "Ocalenie z Nicosci/ Salvation from Nothingness" (1983) [p]
Ryszard Krynicki (1943): "Niepodlegli Nicosci/ Independent Loves" (1988) [p]
Adam Zagajewski (1945): "Jechac do Lwowa/ Traveling to Lvov" (1985) [p] +
Adam Zagajewski (1945): "Ziemia Ognista/ Fiery Land" (1994) [p]
Adam Zagajewski (1945): "Pragnienie/ Desire" (1999) [p]
Rafaf Wojaczek (1945): "Poems" (1971) [p]
Ewa Lipska (1945): "Strefa Ograniczonego Postoju/ Short-term Parking Lot" (1990) [p]
Stanislaw Baranczak (1946): "Chirurgiczna Precyzja/ Surgical Precision" (1998) [p]
Piotr Sommer (1946): "Czynnik Lyriczny/ The Lyrical Element" (1986) [p]
Krystyna Chwin/ Lars (1950): "Chirurgia Mystyczna/ Mystical Surgery" (1985) [p]
Tomasz Jastrun (1952): "Promienie Blednego Kola/ Rays of the Errant Circle" (1980) [p]
Anna Czekanowicz (1952): "Ktos Kogo Nie Ma/ Someone Who Isn't There" (1976)
Grzegorz Musial (1952): "Al Fine" (1997) [p]
Jerzy Pilch (1952): "Pod Mocnym Aniolem/ The Strong Angel Inn/ Mighty Angel" (2000)
Bronislaw Maj (1953): "Swiatlo/ Light" (1994) [p]
Jan Polkowski (1953): "Elegie z Tymowskich Gor/ Elegies from the Tymowo Fields" (1989) [p]
Katarzyna Borun (1956): "Wiecej/ More" (1991) [p]
Pawel Huelle (1957): "Waiser Dawidek/ Who was David Weiser" (1987) +
Andrzej Stasiuk (1960): "Bialy Kruk/ White Raven" (1995)
Piotr Szewc (1961): "Zaglada/ Annihilation" (1987) +
Piotr Szewc (1961): "Zmierzchy i Poranki/ Sunsets and Surises" (1999)
Marcin Swietlicki (1961): "Zimne kraje / Cold Countries" (1992) [p]

Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Podroz Ludzi Ksiegi/ "The Journey of the Book-People" (1993)
Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Prawiek i Inne Czasy/ Primeval and Other Times" (1996) +
Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Dom Dzienny Dom Nocny/ Day House and Night House" (1998)
Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Bieguni/ Flights" (2007) +
Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Prowadz Swoj Plug Przez Kosci Umarlych/ Drive Your Plough Through the Bones of the Dead" (2009) +
Olga Tokarczuk (1962): "Ksiegi Jakubowe/ The Books of Jacob" (2014) ++
Krzysztof Koehler (1963): "Wiersze/ Poems" (1990) [p]
Jacek Podsiadlo (1964): "Niczyje/ Nobody's but God" (1998) [p]
Marzena Broda (1966): "Cudzoziemszczczyzna/ Foreign Things" (1995) [p]
Tomasz Rozycki (1970): "Dwanascie Stacji/ Twelve Stations" (2004) [p]
Tomasz Rozycki (1970): "Litery/ Letters" (2016) [p]
Wojciech Kuczok (1972): "Gnoj/ Stench" (2003)
Piotr Rowicki (1975): "Przylgniecie/ Adherence" (2008) [t] +
Ignacy Karpowicz (1976): "Niehalo/ Uncool" (2006)
Ignacy Karpowicz (1976): "Cud/ The Miracle" (2007)
Zygmunt Miloszewski (1976): "Ziarno Prawdy/ The Grain of Truth" (2011)
Dorota Maslowska (1983): "Wojna Polska-ruska Pod Flaga Biala-czerwona/ White and Red or Snow White and Russian Red" (2002)
Dorota Maslowska (1983): "Dwoje Biednych Rumunow Mowiacych po Polsku/ A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians" (2006) [t}
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