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Jerzy Kosiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕij̃skʲi]; born Józef Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was a Polish-American writer and two-time president of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. Born in Poland, he survived World War II as a Jewish man and, as a young man, emigrated to the U.S ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-born American writer whose novels were sociological studies of individuals in controlling and bureaucratic societies. Perhaps his best-known books are The Painted Bird (1965), Steps (1968), and Being There (1971).
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The Painted Bird is a 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosiński that describes World War II as seen by a boy, considered a "Gypsy or Jewish stray," wandering about small villages scattered around an unspecified country in Central and Eastern Europe (usually assumed to be Poland).
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Nov 16, 2023 · Jerzy Kosinski’s Fall From Grace: Investigating a Literary Smear Campaign. Celebrated everywhere from Elaine’s to the Oscars, the Polish-born anti-Communist was the toast of Manhattan’s ...
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Mar 20, 2017 · Jerome Charyn’s “Jerzy” is a moving attempt to trace the connections between Kosinski’s wartime struggles and postwar fictions. By Ruth Franklin. March 20, 2017. Kosinski’s tales of ...
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May 12, 1996 · His suicide in 1991 at age 58 shocked the outside world but did not surprise many friends. Kosinski came to the U.S. in 1957, from his native Poland. Here, as he had there, he gradually became ...
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May 3, 1991 · Died. May 03, 1991. Genre. Literature & Fiction. edit data. Kosiński was born Josef Lewinkopf to Jewish parents in Łódź, Poland. As a child during World War II, he lived in central Poland under a false identity his father gave him to use, Jerzy Kosiński. A Roman Catholic priest issued him a forged baptismal certificate.
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