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Władysław Kopaliński, (real name Władysław Jan Stefczyk) (November 14, 1907 – October 5, 2007) was a Polish lexicographer, publisher, writer and translator.〔 〕 He was a prolific author and winner of numerous awards for his work.〔 ==Life== Kopaliński was a renowned lexicographer and contributed much to modern knowledge of the origins of the Polish language.〔 He was considered an authority on the origins of Polish words, leading to a common expression, "Look it up in Kopaliński."〔 His Polish dictionaries include ''Dictionary of Myths and Cultural Traditions'' and the ''Dictionary of Symbols''. 〔 His most famous work was the ''Dictionary of Words and Phrases of Foreign Origin''.〔 An unabridged version of the latter dictionary has been published on the Internet. 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''.〔 Kopaliński was a member of the Polish Writers' Society. He also wrote a regular column in ''Życie Warszawy'', ran a Polish radio station, and translated English-language books into Polish.〔 Kopaliński died in Warsaw on October 5, 2007.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Władysław Kopaliński」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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