Władysław Kopaliński

[1] He was a prolific author and winner of numerous awards for his work.

Kopaliński was a renowned lexicographer and contributed much to modern knowledge of the origins of the Polish language.

[1] He was considered an authority on the origins of Polish words, leading to a common expression, "Look it up in Kopaliński.

[1] His most famous work was the Dictionary of Words and Phrases of Foreign Origin.

Kopaliński also authored several books which are not dictionaries, including 125 Fairy Stories To Tell the Children, Lexicon of Love Themes, and the Book of Quotations from Polish Belles-Lettres.