# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wac-aw-iwaniuk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:07:03.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wac-aw-iwaniuk"
name: "Wacław Iwaniuk"
slug: "wac-aw-iwaniuk"
description: "Wacław Iwaniuk. Educated in Warsaw and Cambridge, England, a poet, literary critic and essayist for various Polish émigré newspapers in Canada and abroad. He served in the Polish Diplomatic Corps and as an officer in the Polish Armed Forces during World War II. Iwaniuk immigrated to Canada in 1948 (Toronto) where he continued to write and published in Polish. He was a member of several international literary societies (PEN) and writers unions. During his career as a postwar émigré poet and writer, he had published numerous articles and publications including in popular Polish Kultura paryska."
tagline: "Poet and literary critic (1912-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waclaw_Iwaniuk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-12-17"
deathDate: "2001-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.602772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "واكاو ايوانيوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wac%C5%82aw_Iwaniuk"
    title: "Wacław Iwaniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wac%C5%82aw_Iwaniuk"
    title: "Wacław Iwaniuk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA"
    title: "Вацлав Іванюк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wac%C5%82aw_Iwaniuk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7958891"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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