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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.
Steps is a book by a Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosiński, released in 1968 by Random House. The work comprises scores of loosely connected vignettes or short stories, which explore themes of social control and alienation by depicting scenes rich in erotic and violent motives.
Jun 10, 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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May 12, 1996 · “Court jester” to his powerful American friends, that’s how Jerzy Kosinski sometimes referred to himself. Even the truths of Kosinski’s life are astonishing in their variety and complexity.
Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography is a 1996 biography of the Polish-American and Jewish writer Jerzy Kosiński by American scholar James Park Sloan, published by Dutton. The book received mixed reviews from several prominent sources.
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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Jan 1, 1979 · 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. The Kosiński family survived the Holocaust thanks to local villagers, who offered assistance to Jewish Poles often at great personal risk (the penalty ...
