Kosinski, Jerzy (1933-1991)
Polish-born popular American author of two sociological studies and nine novels, survivor of the Holocaust, husband of the heiress to the U.S. Steel fortune, avid sportsman...
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When Jerzy Kosinski's novel The Painted Bird was published on 15 October 1965, The New York Times editors assigned the review to Elie Wiesel, the best-known Holocaust writer in America. Wiesel was imp...
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Jerzy N. Kosinski, novelist and essayist, was born on 14 June 1933 in Lodz, Poland, the son of Russian parents Mieczyslaw and Elzbieta. At the age of six, he was separated from his parents and wandere...
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