(June 30, 1911 – August 14, 2004) It needs to be understood that Czesław Miłosz`s origin had been very debatable for a certain period of time and only Miłosz himself could put an end to it; here is what he thought of himself: “My family in the sixteenth century already spoke Polish, just as many families in Finland spoke Swedish and in Ireland...
Learn MoreAndrzej Wajda (6 March 1926 – Polish film director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is one of the most prominent member of the “Polish Film School”. He is acknowledged particularly for a trilogy of war films: A Generation (1954), Kanał (1956) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958). Four of his movies have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best...
Learn MoreRoman Polanski (1933 - Director, actor. Born to Polish parents on August 18, 1933, in Paris, France. At the age of three, Polanski moved with his family to his father’s native city of Krakow, Poland. In 1941, his parents were imprisoned in various Nazi concentration camps, where his mother eventually died in Auschwitz. In order to escape deportation, Polanski lived...
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Artur Boruc (20 February 1980 – ) Polish goalkeeper who plays for Fiorentina (Serie A, Italy). He is also a keeper of the Polish national team. Boruc`s career: - Pogoń Siedlce (Poland), - Lagia Warsaw (Poland), - Celtic Glasgow (Scotland), - Fiorentina (Italy). Artur Boruc joined Celtic Glasgow from Legia Warsaw on 20 July 2005 on a year`s loan and...
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) “I am one of those who think like Nobel, than humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.” - Polish-born French physical chemist; - Maria Sklodowska-Curie was a first person to win a Nobel Prize twice (in 1903 and 1911) for two different subjects (Physics and Chemistry); - she...
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Hevelius, Johannes (1611–1687) ——————————————————————————– Polish astronomer, born in Gdansk, who established his name by recording his studies of the Moon’s surface. Johannes Hevelius studied Law at...
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