Jan Józef Szczepański

Jan Józef Szczepański (born January 12, 1919 – February 20, 2003) was a Polish writer, reporter, essayist, screenwriter, and translator, Tatra mountaineer, and traveler. He was president of the Polish Writers' Union and the Polish Writers' Association. He was an Orientalist by training.

Born: 1919-01-12 in Warsaw, Poland