Kornel Makuszyński

Kornel Makuszyński
Born8 January 1884
Stryi, Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
(now Stryi, Ukraine)
Died31 July 1953(1953-07-31) (aged 69)
Zakopane, Polish People's Republic
(now Poland)
Notable awardsPolish Academy of Literature (Gold Laurel)

Kornel Makuszyński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkɔrnɛl makuˈʂɨɲskʲi]; 8 January 1884 – 31 July 1953) was a Polish writer of children's and youth literature. He was an elected member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature in the interwar Poland.