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
 * (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