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Aleksander Brückner

Polish linguist and lexicographer (1856-1939) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 83

Aleksander Brückner was a Polish scholar of Slavic languages and literature (Slavistics), philologist, lexicographer, and historian of literature.

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Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
City of Łódź Award

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He is among the most notable Slavicists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the first to prepare complete monographs on the history of the Polish language and culture. He published more than 1,500 titles and discovered the oldest extant prose text in Polish.

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Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1856 to 1939 · aged 83