Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991)
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Jerzy Kosinski was born in Lodz, Poland on June 8, 1933. In 1939, he was separated from his family when the Nazi's invaded Poland and he wandered through villages for six years, surviving by his wits. In shock, he remained mute from the age of nine to fourteen. He was finally reunited with his mostra altro family. He moved to the United States in 1957. His first novel, The Painted Bird, was published in 1965 and received France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger. His second novel, Steps, won the National Book Award in 1969. His other novels included Being There, The Devil Tree, Cockpit, and Blind Date. Blind Date tells the story of the Manson killings, which is where he would have been if he had not been stuck in JFK Airport dealing with improperly tagged luggage. He committed suicide on May 3, 1991 at the age of 57. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Jerzy Kosinski, Miami Book Fair International, 1985, by "MDCArchives" (Wikimedia Commons)
Opere di Jerzy Kosiński
Literatura na świecie 1989/2 2 copie
Askelia : romaani 1 copia
Prisutnost 1 copia
O Vidiota 1 copia
1969 "Steps" by Jerzy Kosinski 1 copia
Pomaľované vtáča 1 copia
Notes of the Author 1 copia
Blind Date. 1 copia
Kosinski Jerzy 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Nome legale
- Kosiński, Jerzy Nikodem
Lewinkopf, Józef - Altri nomi
- Novak, Joseph
- Data di nascita
- 1933-06-14
- Data di morte
- 1991-05-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Polen
USA - Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Łódź, Polen
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- suicide
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Master of Arts (History and political science)
- Attività lavorative
- Professor of Dramatic prose and Criticism (Yale University)
writer - Premi e riconoscimenti
- First Amendment Award, American Civil Libertries Union (1977)
Best Screenplay Award, Writers Guild of America (1979)
Achievement Award, Polonia Media Perspectives (1980)
Award in Literature, National Institute of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Letters (1970)
B'rith Shalom Humanitarian Freedom Award (1974)
Best Screenplay of the Year, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (1981) (mostra tutto 11)
Honorary Doctorate (Humane Letters, Albion College, 1988)
Honorary Doctorate (Humane Letters, State University of New York, Potsdam, 1989)
Honorary Doctorate (Hebrew Letters, Spertus College of Judaica, Chicago)
President of the American Chapter of P.E.N. (1973-75)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1970)
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
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- ISBN
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- Lingue
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- Preferito da
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