Jerzy Zawieyski
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| Born | Henryk Nowicki 2 October 1902 Radogoszcz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland |
| Died | 18 June 1969 (aged 66) Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | author, playwright, political activist |
| Years active | 1921–1968 |
Jerzy Zawieyski, born Henryk Nowicki, (2 October 1902, Radogoszcz, Piotrków Governorate – 18 June 1969, Warsaw) was a Polish playwright, prose writer, Catholic political activist and amateur stage actor. He wrote psychological, social, moral and historical novels, dramas, stories, essays and journals.
As a secretary of the
German occupation of Poland
, he was active in the underground cultural movement.
Biography
In 1921, Zawieyski made his debut with poems (Strzępy) under the pseudonym Konar-Nowicki. In 1926, he graduated from the School of Drama in
atheist and did not convert to Catholicism until the 1930s.[1]
After
Polish Council of State
.
Zawieyski was
homosexual. In 1933 he met Stanisław Trębaczkiewicz. They fell in love and lived together until Zawieyski's death in 1969. They were buried next to each other in the Laski Cemetery near Warsaw.[2]
Notable works
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References
- Inline
- ^ Stehle, Hansjakob (1963). Nachbar Polen. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. p. 135.
- ^ Tomasik, Krzysztof. "Wielcy i niezapomniani: Jerzy Zawieyski". innastrona.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
- General
- "Zawieyski Jerzy". Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Archived from the originalon 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
- "Zawieyski Jerzy". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2007.
Further reading
- Baliwszewski, Dariusz (2005). "Upadek z wysokości". Wprost 24 (in Polish) (26/2005 (1178)). Agencja Wydawniczo-Reklamowa "Wprost". Archived from the original on 26 February 2008.
- Baranowicz, Jan; et al. (1958). Kredą na tablicy. Wspomnienia z lat szkolnych (in Polish). Warsaw: Czytelnik. OCLC 16969597.
- Brandys, Marian (1983). Z dwóch stron drzwi (in Polish). Warsaw: Oficyna WE (Wydawnictwo Enklawa). OCLC 69552002.
- Brudnicki, Jan Z. (1985). Jerzy Zawieyski (in Polish) (1st ed.). Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. OCLC 14106350.
- Kluźniak, Malina, ed. (2000). "Niesie mnie rzeka smutku..." Korespondencja między Jerzym Zawieyskim a Zofią Nałkowską 1943-1954 (in Polish). Warsaw: OCLC 45611238.
- Kulesza, Dariusz (1999). Tragedia ukrzyżowana. Dramaty chrześcijańskie Romana Brandstaettera i Jerzego Zawieyskiego (in Polish). Białystok: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku. OCLC 42894667.
- Urbankowski, Bohdan, ed. (1995). Stwarzanie światów. Antologia współczesnego dramatu polskiego (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne. OCLC 69352036.
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