# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boles-aw-taborski
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:52:48.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boles-aw-taborski"
name: "Bolesław Taborski"
slug: "boles-aw-taborski"
description: "Bolesław Taborski was a Polish poet, literary and drama theoretician, essayist, prolific translator of English and Polish, and a long serving BBC Polish Section editor and presenter. He chronicled and translated into English the work of some of the most notable Poles of the Post-war era of the 20th century, such as Lech Wałęsa, Jan Kott, and Jerzy Grotowski. His undoubted influence on modern theatre has yet to be assessed in detail. He had a personal friendship with Pope John Paul II which grew out of their shared interest in literature and the fact that Taborski was his literary translator into English."
tagline: "Polish poet and BBC presenter (1927-2010)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-05-07"
deathDate: "2010-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.936753333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1167949/"
    handle:    "nm1167949"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Taborski"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "بوليساو تابورسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Taborski"
    title: "Bolesław Taborski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Taborski_(poeta)"
    title: "Bolesław Taborski (poeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Taborski"
    title: "Bolesław Taborski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Taborski_(poedan)"
    title: "Bolesław Taborski (poedan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7944201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2660507"
    title: "Boleslaw Taborski"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump