Zbigniew Herbert (29 October 1924 in Lwów - 28 July 1998 in Warsaw) was an influential Polish poet, essayist and moralist. He was a member of the Polish resistance movement during World War II. He was one of the most famous and most translated Polish writers.

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His family came to Galicia from the United Kingdom. His grandfather was an English teacher and his father fought for Polish liberation in the Polish Legions.

In 1938 Herbert started studies at the Gimnazjum im. Kazimierza Wielkiego in Lwów. During World War II he joined the Armia Krajowa resistance and continued his studies in underground schools. In 1944 he moved from Lwów to Kraków and studied at the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, graduated from the Akademia Ekonomiczna w Krakowie, then studied law and philosophy at the Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika in Toruń.

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