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- Born
- 1933
- Died
- 1991
- Works
- 48
Top works
- To hold a pen
- Notes of the author on The painted bird
- להיות שם
- The future is ours, comrade
- Byl jsem při tom
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Film & TV
Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
Jerzy Nikodem Kosiński , born Józef Lewinkopf, was a Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. For several decades, Kosinski was famous as a wit, a great raconteur, and a media celebrity. His first three novels were big hits. However, in June 22, 1982, "Jerzy Kosinski's Tainted Words," an article by Geoffrey Stokes and Eliot…
Known for
- Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski1995
- The Painted Boy — Self/Writer1995
- A Fool and His Money — Bettler1989
- Łódź Ghetto — Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski1989
- The Statue of Liberty — Self - Writer1985
- Reds — Grigory Zinoviev1981
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
- Television: The Ultimate Drug — Self / Author
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Key facts
- Born
- Józef Nikodem Lewinkopf , ( 1933-06-14 ) June 14, 1933, Łódź , Poland
- Died
- May 3, 1991 (1991-05-03) (aged 57), New York City, U.S.
- Education
- University of Łódź
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Spouses
- Mary Hayward Weir ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1966 ) Katherina "Kiki" von Fraunhofer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikodem
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Łódź
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- essayist
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Wesleyan University
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Notable work
- Being There
- Field of work
- literature
- Image
- Jerzy Kosiński (by Eric Koch, 1969).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-06-14
- date of death
- 1991-05-03
- manner of death
- Suicide
- Commons category
- Jerzy Kosinski
- cause of death
- barbiturate overdose
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- pseudonym
- Joseph Novak
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Józef Lewinkopf
- unmarried partner
- Urszula Dudziak
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- P12674
- Collin County
- nominated for
- Nebula Award for Best Novella
- name in native language
- Jerzy Kosiński
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Encyclopedic overview
Jerzy Kosiński ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕij̃skʲi]; born Józef Nikodem Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was a Polish-born American writer and two-time president of the American chapter of PEN, who wrote primarily in English.
Born in Poland to Jewish parents, he and his family survived World War II with the help of their Polish villager neighbors. After mandatory military service and education under Poland's communist government, he emigrated to the United States and became a U.S. citizen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jerzy Kosiński” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.