Editing Polish language (section)

==Literature==
{{Main|Polish literature}}
[[Image:Manuscript of Pan Tadeusz 8pl.jpg|thumb|The manuscript of ''[[Pan Tadeusz]]'' held at [[Ossolineum]] in [[Wrocław]]. Adam Mickiewicz's signature is visible.]]
The Polish language started to be used in literature in the Late [[Middle Ages]]. Notable works include the ''[[Holy Cross Sermons]]'' (13th/14th century), ''[[Bogurodzica]]'' (15th century) and ''[[Master Polikarp's Dialog with Death]]'' (15th century). The most influential Renaissance-era literary figures in Poland were poet [[Jan Kochanowski]] (''[[Laments (Kochanowski)|Laments]]''), [[Mikołaj Rej]] and [[Piotr Skarga]] (''[[Lives of the Saints (Skarga)|The Lives of the Saints]]'') who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language and laid foundations for the modern Polish grammar. During the [[Enlightenment in Poland|Age of Enlightenment in Poland]], [[Ignacy Krasicki]], known as "the Prince of Poets", wrote the first Polish novel called ''[[The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom]]'' as well as ''[[Fables and Parables]]''. Another significant work form this period is ''[[The Manuscript Found in Saragossa]]'' written by [[Jan Potocki]], a Polish nobleman, Egyptologist, linguist, and adventurer.

In the [[Romanticism in Poland|Romantic Era]], the most celebrated national poets, referred to as the [[Three Bards]], were [[Adam Mickiewicz]] (''[[Pan Tadeusz]]'' and ''[[Dziady (poem)|Dziady]]''), [[Juliusz Słowacki]] (''[[Balladyna (drama)|Balladyna]]'') and [[Zygmunt Krasiński]] (''[[The Undivine Comedy]]''). Poet and dramatist [[Cyprian Norwid]] is regarded by some scholars as the "Fourth Bard". Important positivist writers include [[Bolesław Prus]] (''[[The Doll (Prus novel)|The Doll]]'', ''[[Pharaoh (Prus novel)|Pharaoh]]''), [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] (author of numerous historical novels the most internationally acclaimed of which is ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]''), [[Maria Konopnicka]] (''[[Rota (poem)|Rota]]''), [[Eliza Orzeszkowa]] (''[[Nad Niemnem]]''), [[Adam Asnyk]] and [[Gabriela Zapolska]] (''[[The Morality of Mrs. Dulska]]''). The period known as [[Young Poland]] produced such renowned literary figures as [[Stanisław Wyspiański]] (''[[The Wedding (1901 play)|The Wedding]]''), [[Stefan Żeromski]] (''[[Ludzie bezdomni|Homeless People]]'', ''[[The Spring to Come]]''), [[Władysław Reymont]] (''[[The Peasants]]'') and [[Leopold Staff]]. The prominent interbellum period authors include [[Maria Dąbrowska]] (''[[Nights and Days]]''), [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]] (''[[Insatiability]]''), [[Julian Tuwim]], [[Bruno Schulz]], [[Bolesław Leśmian]], [[Witold Gombrowicz]] and [[Zuzanna Ginczanka]].

Other notable writers and poets from Poland active during [[World War II]] and after are [[Aleksander Kamiński]], [[Zbigniew Herbert]], [[Stanisław Lem]], [[Zofia Nałkowska]], [[Tadeusz Borowski]], [[Sławomir Mrożek]], [[Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński]], [[Julia Hartwig]], [[Marek Krajewski]], [[Joanna Bator]], [[Andrzej Sapkowski]], [[Adam Zagajewski]], [[Dorota Masłowska]], [[Jerzy Pilch]], [[Ryszard Kapuściński]] and [[Andrzej Stasiuk]].

Five people writing in the Polish language have been awarded the [[List of Nobel laureates in Literature|Nobel Prize in Literature]]: [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]] (1905), [[Władysław Reymont]] (1924), [[Czesław Miłosz]] (1980), [[Wisława Szymborska]] (1996) and [[Olga Tokarczuk]] (2018).

{{Gallery
|title= Notable Polish language authors
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|File:Mikołaj Rej.PNG|[[Mikołaj Rej|Mikołaj<br>Rej]]<br /><small>(1505–1569)</small>
|File:Jan Kochanowski.png|[[Jan Kochanowski|Jan<br>Kochanowski]]<br /><small>(1530–1584)</small>
|File:Adam Mickiewicz według dagerotypu paryskiego z 1842 roku.jpg|[[Adam Mickiewicz|Adam<br>Mickiewicz]]<br /><small>(1798–1855)</small>
|File:Henryk Sienkiewicz post 1892 (53054489) (cropped).jpg|[[Henryk Sienkiewicz|Henryk<br>Sienkiewicz]]<br /><small>(1846–1916)</small>
|File:Wladyslaw Reymont 1924.jpg|[[Władysław Reymont|Władysław<br>Reymont]]<br /><small>(1867–1925)</small>
|File:Czeslaw Milosz 3 ap.tif|[[Czesław Miłosz|Czesław<br>Miłosz]]<br /><small>(1911–2004)</small>
|File:Stanisław Lem.jpg|[[Stanisław Lem|Stanisław<br>Lem]]<br /><small>(1921–2006)</small>
|File:Wisława_Szymborska_2009.10.23_(1).jpg|[[Wisława Szymborska|Wisława<br>Szymborska]]<br /><small>(1923–2012)</small>
|File:Andrzej Sapkowski - Lucca Comics & Games 2015.JPG|[[Andrzej Sapkowski|Andrzej<br>Sapkowski]]<br /><small>(born 1948)</small>
|File:Olga Tokarczuk-9739.jpg|[[Olga Tokarczuk|Olga<br>Tokarczuk]]<br /><small>(born 1962)</small>
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