Jan Lorentowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Lorentowicz

Polish writer

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1868

Place of Birth: Pabianice, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1940

Profession: writer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jan Lorentowicz (14 March 1868 – 15 January 1940; occasional pen name, M.
Chropienski) was a Polish theatre director, literary critic, publicist, editor and book collector; president of the Polish PEN Club (1925–27); and from 1938, an elected member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature.In 1919, in celebration of Poland's return to independence (1918) after over a century of partitions, Lorentowicz published the most complete collected works of the poet Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584), who had laid the foundations for Polish literary language.