Stefan Żeromski
Writing
October 14, 1864
Died at age 61
November 20, 1925
Date of Death
Strawczyn, Poland, Russian Empire [now Strawczyn, Swietokrzyskie, Poland]
Biography
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.