Stefan Żeromski

Writer Oct 14 (died age 61) Strawczyn, Poland, Russian Empire [now Strawczyn, Swietokrzyskie, Poland] 1911–2002 (91 year career)

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Biography

Stefan Żeromski (October 14, 1864 – November 20, 1925) was a Polish prose writer, publicist, and playwright; first president of the Polish PEN Club, president of the Zakopane Republic. Four times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1921, 1922, 1923, 1924). One of the most outstanding Polish writers in history. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle.