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Janusz Korczak




Janusz Korczak

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born
July 22, 1878

died
August 06, 1942

gender
male

place of birth
Warszawa, Poland


about this author

Janusz Korczak was a was a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue, also known under the pseudonym "Stary Doktor". He was born Henryk Goldszmit in Warsaw on July 22, 1878. During his youth, he played with children who were poor and lived in bad neighborhoods; his passion for helping disadvantaged youth continued into his adulthood. He studied medicine and also had a promising career in literature. When he gave up his career in literature and medicine, he changed his name to Janusz Korczak, a pseudonym derived from a 19th century novel, Janasz Korczak and the pretty Swordsweeperlady.

In 1912, Korczak established a Jewish orphanage, Dom Sierot, in a building which he designed to advance his prog...more




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avg rating: 3.64 | 152 ratings | 24 reviews | 33 distinct works | 2 fans
King Matt the First King Matt the First
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 3.41 — 93 ratings — published 1923
5 editions
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Ghetto Diary Ghetto Diary
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 3.88 — 16 ratings — published 1978
2 editions
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Loving Every Child: Wisdom for... Loving Every Child: Wisdom for Parents
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 4.27 — 11 ratings — published 2007
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Kajtuś Czarodziej Kajtuś Czarodziej
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 3.75 — 8 ratings — published 1960
4 editions
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How to Love a Child: Kaif Tuhi... How to Love a Child: Kaif Tuhibb At-Tifl ? Haq At-Tifl Bil Ihtiram
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2002
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Izbrannoe Izbrannoe
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1988
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El Rey Matías I I El Rey Matías I I
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating
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El Rey Matías I II El Rey Matías I II
by Janusz Korczak
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Little King Matty...and the De... Little King Matty...and the Desert Island
by Janusz Korczak
avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 1923
3 editions
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Wladek Wladek
by Janusz Korczak, Henryk Goldszmith
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1990
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""I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.""
Janusz Korczak (Warsaw Ghetto Memoirs of Janusz Korczak)
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""I never realized that a child is capable of remembering so well and of waiting so patiently""
Janusz Korczak (Loving Every Child: Wisdom for Parents)
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