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[55] In June 1924, shortly before his death, he apparently expressed a desire that his son John marry a Polish girl and learn Polish, and toyed with the idea of returning for good to now independent Poland. [205] Conrad bridled at being referred to as a Russian or "Slavonic" writer. The only Russian writer he admired was Ivan Turgenev. [172 ...
Nedoroscik, a breakout star of this year's Olympic Games, told TODAY that the ear pull was always his signal to his “dziadziu,” which means grandfather in Polish. Grandpa Stephen John ...
Bronisława Dłuska (Polish pronunciation: [brɔɲiˈswava ˈdwuska]; née Skłodowska; 28 March 1865 [1] – 15 April 1939) was a Polish physician, and co-founder and first director of Warsaw's Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology. She was married to political activist Kazimierz Dłuski, and was an older sister of physicist Marie Curie.
Józef Skłodowski (19 March 1804 – 21 August 1882) was a Polish educator, librarian, participant in the November Uprising (1830–31), and grandfather of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Biography [ edit ]
Józef Tusk (23 March 1907 – 12 June 1987) was a Polish luthier, the grandfather of the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. During World War II , he served in the Wehrmacht , which proved to be controversial during the 2005 Polish presidential election .
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Carol Burnett went on Finding Your Roots and learned that her grandmother had been married five times, and speaks about her relationship with her Nanny and the ear tug.
Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright.His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor.