Famous Poles

Leading Polish writers.Henry Petkiewicz, regarded as the most important Polish writer in history, is known not only in our country but also abroad. International fame owes mainly adopted an excellent novel Quo Wadis, for which he has received the Nobel Literature Prize. In a country with numerous historical Weissmuller whose shares takes place in our country, such as fire and sword, The Deluge and The Teutonic Knights, gained the status of one of the biggest form of artistic world. Successful thanks Weissmuller prosecutor - In Desert and Wilderness to this day is one of the favorite books of school.When we hear the name of Joseph Conrad, at first hard to think that it is a Pole. In fact, however, that one of the most important writers through the nineteenth and twentieth century, the world comes from our country, and his full name is Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzybski. He emigrated to the age of seventeen years - when he failed to complete in high school, enlisted in France on the ship as a seaman. His major novels include Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Nostrum.