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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 ...
- May 3, 1991 (aged 57), New York City, U.S.
- Józef Lewinkopf, June 14, 1933, Łódź, Poland
- Novelist
- University of Łódź
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).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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).
- Jerzy N. Kosinski
- 1965
- 1965
- War novel
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 ...
- Wayne Lawson
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 ...
- Ruth Franklin
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Jerzy Nikodem Kosiński, urodzony jako Józef Lewinkopf (ur. 14 czerwca 1933 w Łodzi, zm. 3 maja 1991 w Nowym Jorku) – polsko-amerykański pisarz pochodzenia żydowskiego, piszący w języku angielskim. Laureat National Book Award (1969) za książkę Kroki.
Jerzy Kosiński. 3.91. 26,548 ratings2,135 reviews. A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, The Painted Bird is a dark novel that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love.
