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Krzysztof Świerkosz

Polish poet

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ11749868 ↗
Source-derived summary

Krzysztof Świerkosz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf ˈɕfjɛrkɔʂ]; born 1966 in Wrocław) is a Polish poet and literary critic. Some of his works appeared in Monographs Macie swoich poetów. Liryka polska urodzona po 1960 roku and Parnas Bis. Słownik literatury polskiej urodzonej po 1960 roku.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Krzysztof Świerkosz” as polish poet. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966, 1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Krzysztof, Świerkosz and Polish can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as polish poet. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11749868. VIAF identifies the subject as 6509394. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966 and 1960.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Locating cited institutions
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  2. Expand the search: follow Krzysztof Świerkosz primary sources, Krzysztof Świerkosz archive and Krzysztof research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Krzysztof Świerkosz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.