List of Polish novelists

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This is a list of novelists from Poland.

A[]

• Sholem Asch (1880–1957), author of Kiddush ha-Shem (1919)

B[]

• Jurek Becker (1937–1997), author of Jacob the Liar (1969)

C[]

• Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), author of several novels including Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim (1900)

D[]

• Franciszek Ksawery Dmochowski (1762–1818)
• Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939), author of a dozen popular novels including Ostatnia brygada (The Last Brigade) and Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy (The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma)
• Stanisław Dygat (1914–1978), author of Pożegnania (1948), Podróż (1958), Disneyland (1965), and Dworzec w Monachium (1973)

G[]

• Cyprian Godebski (1765–1809)
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), author of Ferdydurke (1937), Trans-Atlantyk (1953), Pornografia (1960), and Cosmos (1967)
• Henryk Grynberg (born 1936)

K[]

• Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885–1944)
• Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910)
• Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991)
• Daniel Koziarski (born 1979)
• Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1810)
• Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887)
• Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989)

Ł[]

• Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908)

M[]

• Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985)
• Maria Ilnicka (1825 or 1827–1897)
• Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945)

O[]

• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1842–1910)
• Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876–1945)
• Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995)

P[]

• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), author of The Outpost (Placówka, 1886), The Doll (Lalka, 1889), The New Woman (Emancypantki, 1893), and Pharaoh (Faraon, 1895)
• Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927)

R[]

• Władysław Reymont (1868–1925)
• Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944)
• Adolf Rudnicki (1912–1990)

S[]

• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916)
• Wacław Sieroszewski (1858–1945)
• Żanna Słoniowska (born 1978)

T[]

• Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962)
• Szczepan Twardoch (born 1979)

Z[]

• Jan Chryzostom Zachariasiewicz (1823–1906), author of Skromne nadzieje (1854), Na kresach (1860), Święty Jur, vol. 1–3 (1862), Człowiek bez jutra (1871) Zły interes (1876), Wybór pism, a collection of works, vol. 1–11 (1886–1888)
• Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021)
• Włodzimierz Zagórski (writer) (1834–1902) author of Pamiętnik starego parasola (1884) and Wilcze plemię (1885)
• Anna Zahorska (1878 or 1882–1942) author of Utopia, Trucizny (1928)
• Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961), author of Stacja Abbesses (1952)
• Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889), author of Niezgodni królewicze (1889)
• Kazimierz Zalewski (1849–1919), author of Syn przemytnika (1884)
• Witold Zalewski (1921–2009), author of Ostatni postój (novel about January Uprising, 1979) and Zakładnicy (2001)
• Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921), author of 23 novels
• Kazimierz Zdziechowski (1878–1942), author of Fuimus (1900)
• Emil Zegadłowicz (1888–1941)

Ż[]

• Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925), author of Ashes (Popioły, 1902–03) and The Faithful River (Wierna rzeka, 1912)
• Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)
• Mirosław Żuławski (1913–1995)
• Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

See also[]

• List of Poles