GREAT PERSONALITIES FROM POLAND
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GREAT PERSONALITIES FROM POLAND
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John Paul II (1920-2005)
The Pope from Poland
Jan Paweł II, born Karol Wojtyła
(known as John Paul II) was the leader of the
Roman Catholic Church
John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in 455
years.
He was a vocal advocate for human rights. He spoke 8
languages.
His motto was ‘Totus Tuus’, which means
‘Totally Yours’.
John Paul II travelled a lot. He was in 129
countries. For example, as the first Pope he
visited the U.K.
He loved meetings with young people.
He initiated World Youth
Day.
The Pope loved mountain climbing
LECH WAŁĘSA Born in 1943
Lech Wałęsa won the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1983
A Polish politician and the former president
of Poland
He was in the music video of Michael
Jackson ‘Man in the Mirror’ and The
Scorpions ‘Wind of Change’
Wałęsa was the chairman and a co-founder of ‘Solidarity.’ In 1990 he won the elections
and became the first democratic President of
Poland after WWII.
‘Solidarity’- a social movement, the first non-communist trade union in
Poland .
⏎Wałęsa is an electrician
by profession.
When he got the Nobel Prize, he could not pick it
up in Sweden. He was afraid that he would not be able to come back to the country because of
the socialist political system in Poland. His
wife accepted the prize on Walesa’s behalf.
A poster encouraging people to vote in the first free elections in Poland after WWII. It portrays
Gary Cooper as a sheriff in ‘High Noon’ with the
‘Solidarity’ badge and holding a ballot. ‘High Noon - 4 June 1989’
⏎
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Fryderyk Chopin is one of the best known composers and pianists in the
world
A Polish composer
Fryderyk Chopin created over 200 masterpieces.
He composed various pieces of music, eg. mazurkas, preludes,
nocturnes, waltzes and polonaises.
Fryderk Chopin died in Paris but after his death his heart was removed
from his body and buried in Warsaw (the capital city of Poland) .
WISŁAWA SZYMBORSKA(1923-2012)
A Polish writer
Wisława Szymborska received the
Nobel Prize in Literature in
1996
Her poems were translated into over
40 languages
Why did Wislawa Szymborska receive the
Nobel Prize? „For poetry that with ironic precision allows
the historical and biological context to
come to light in fragments of human
reality”.(nobelprize.org)
She wrote about 30 collections of poems.
She also wrote limericks.
She was often called the ‘Mozart of Poetry’.
CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ (1911-2004)
A Polish writer and translator
Czesław Miłosz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1980
Czesław Miłosz was one of the greatest
Polish writers
Until 1980 his lyrics were censored in Poland.
He wrote more than 50 lyrics.
He translated works of W. Shakespeare, J. Milton
and G. Eliot.
Czesław Miłosz received numerous awards and
medals in his life.
He was also the California University Professor.
MARIA SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE
(1867-1934)
A Polish scientist
Maria Skłodowska-
Curie is the only woman who received two Nobel Prizes
Skłodowska-Curie discovered Polonium
and Radium
She moved to Paris to study Physics and
Mathematics at the Sorbonne. She could not
do that in Poland.
She got the best scores there.
Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her husband (Pierre Curie) studied radioactive elements.
Maria Skłodowska- Curie received the Nobel
Prizes in Chemistry and Physics. The first one
she got with her husband Pierre Curie
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Skłodowska’s daughter, Irene, with her husband,
Frédérik, also won the Nobel Prize
(Chemistry).
Maria liked sports and got a driving license as one of
the first women.
MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK (1473-1543)
A Polish mathematician
and astronomer
Mikołaj Kopernik was the author of
the Heliocentric Theory
He wrote a book which describes the
heliocentric model of the universe. Some people say that
this book was the beginning of a scientific
revolution.
In Toruń, you can buy some gingerbread called ‘Kopernik’s Gingerbread
Biscuits’.
ANDRZEJ WAJDA (Born in 1926)
A Polish director
He got the Academy Award (the
Honorary Oscar) in 2000
He has directed more than 50 movies and
received about 20 movies’ awards for
them
Wajda’s movies, which have been nominated
for the Academy Awards:
The Promised Land The Maids of Wilko
The Man of Iron Katyń
JAN MATEJKO (1838-1893)
A Polish painter
Jan Matejko was an
outstanding artist.
His most famous painting is
‘Battle of Grunwald’
A self-portrait
He painted more than 320 pictures, portraits and over a thousand drafts
Most of his paintings are in the National Museums
in Warsaw and Cracow.
Jan Matejko learned to play the piano before he
started to study art. ‘Battle of Grunwald ’
ADAM MAŁYSZ (Born in 1977)
A Polish ski jumper
He’s one of the best ski
jumpers in the world (He got 143
medals)
Right now, he is taking part in car
races
Adam Małysz started training
as the ski jumper when he was six. He won his
first medal at the age of 16.
He got 3 silver and 1 bronze
medal at the Olympic
Games.
Graphics: Google Graphics Music: Chopin- Polonaise C
major, op. 3 Made by: Martyna Bagińska, Marta Gałecka
Małgosia Waśkowska www.uind.eu
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