Maria Dąbrowska

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Also Known As	Marja Szumska • Maria Dombrowska
Born	October 6, 1889 • Poland
Died	May 19, 1965 (aged 75) • Warsaw • Poland
Notable Works	“Dzienniki, 7 vol.” • “Noce i dnie”
Subjects Of Study	Joseph Conrad

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Italian author

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Babette Deutsch

American poet, critic, translator, and novelist

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish author

Czesław Miłosz

Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat

Witold Gombrowicz

Polish author

Józef Wittlin

Polish author

Karol Irzykowski

Polish author and critic

Ferdynand Goetel

Polish author

Antoni Lange

Polish writer and translator

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Marcel Proust

French writer

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Edmund Wilson

American critic

Joyce Carol Oates

American author

G.K. Chesterton

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Jonathan Franzen

American author

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