Melchior Wańkowicz
Melchior Wańkowicz | |
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Wańkowicz before 1950 | |
| Born | 10 January 1892 Kalużyce, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 September 1974 (aged 82) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, memorist |
| Language | Polish |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Genre | Biographies, memoirs, World War II history, personal correspondence |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Notable works | Bitwa o Monte Cassino (1947) Karafka La Fontaine'a (1972) Sztafeta (1939) Wrzesień żagwiący (1947) |
Melchior Wańkowicz (10 January 1892 – 10 September 1974) was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about the battle of Monte Cassino.