Antoni Gołubiew, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoni Gołubiew

Polish historian

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1907

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1979

Profession: historian, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antoni Golubiew (February 25, 1907 in Vilnius – June 27, 1979 in Kraków), nicknames Goa, Jan Karol Wayda, Jerzy Cichocki, was a Polish historian, writer and a Catholic publicist.
He was one of the cofounders of the pre World War II biweekly Pax.
After the war he wrote for the magazines Znak, Odra, and Tygodnik Powszechny.
He was also one of the organizers (together with, among others, Czeslaw Milosz) of the poetry group Zagary.
He is best known as the author of the four volume historical epic Boleslaw Chrobry which was written over the whole lifetime of the author.
This epic tells the story of the founding and first years of existence of the Polish state.