Literature in interwar Poland Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885 – 1939), Witkacy, a painter, philosopher, playwright, novelist and photographer Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska, (1888 – 1979 in Zakopane), with her husband, founded scouting in Poland Count Edward Bernard Raczyński (1891 – 1993) Polish diplomat, writer, politician and President of Poland in exile Anna Zofia Krygowska (1904–1988) Polish mathematician, known for her work in mathematics education Wawrzyniec Żuławski (1916 in Zakopane – 1957) Wawa Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist Władysław Hasior, (1928 – 1999) Polish contemporary sculptor from Podhale region, a painter and theatre set designer Teresa Bogucka (born 1945 in Zakopane), journalist, writer, a democratic opposition activist in Communist Poland Andrzej Gąsienica-Makowski (born 1952 in Zakopane) politician, led the Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms Janusz Waluś (born 1953 in Zakopane) assassinated Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party Liz Glazowski, (born 1957 in Zakopane) Polish-American model, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in April 1980 Sergiusz Pinkwart, (born 1973) Polish journalist, writer, classical musician and traveler, Magellan Award winner Małgorzata Babiarz, (born 1984 in Zakopane) professionally known as Megitza is a singer, double bass player and composer Sport Stanisław Marusarz (1913 in Zakopane – 1993 in Zakopane) Polish Nordic skiing competitor in the 1930s Jan Wojciech Bachleda-Curuś (1951 in Zakopane – 2009) Polish alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics Wojciech Fortuna (born 1952 in Zakopane), ski jumper, Olympic gold medallist Kamil Stoch, (born 1987 in Zakopane) Polish ski jumper, world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist Oskar Kwiatkowski, (born 1996 in Zakopane), Polish snowboarder Notable visitors Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) Bolesław Prus (1847 – 1912) Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) Stefan Żeromski (1864 – 1925) Bronisława Dłuska, (1865 – 1939) Polish physician, older sister of physicist Marie Curie Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) Józef Piłsudski (1867 – 1935) Alfred Döblin (1878 – 1957) Aniela Zagórska (1881 – 1943) niece of Joseph Conrad Rudolf Weigl (1883 – 1957) Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886 – 1941), Marshal of Poland, who painted some Zakopane sights Artur Rubinstein (1887 – 1982) Krystyna Skarbek (1908 – 1952) Charles III (born 1948) Gallery See also Notes Bibliography Stanisław Kasztelowicz and Stanisław Eile, Stefan Żeromski: kalendarz życia i twórczości (Stefan Żeromski: A Calendar of His Life and Work), Kraków, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1961. Zdzisław Najder, Joseph Conrad: A Life, translated by Halina Najder, Rochester, New York, Camden House, 2007, . Krystyna Tokarzówna and Stanisław