Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991)
Autor(a) de The Painted Bird
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Image credit: Jerzy Kosinski, Miami Book Fair International, 1985, by "MDCArchives" (Wikimedia Commons)
Obras por Jerzy Kosiński
Literatura na świecie 1989/2 2 exemplares
The Art of the Self: Essays a propos STEPS 2 exemplares
Prisutnost 1 exemplar
O Vidiota 1 exemplar
Kosinski Jerzy 1 exemplar
1969 "Steps" by Jerzy Kosinski 1 exemplar
Steps by Kosinski, Jerzy (1997) Paperback 1 exemplar
Pomaľované vtáča 1 exemplar
Notes of the Author 1 exemplar
Blind Date. 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Kosinski, Jerzy
- Nome legal
- Kosiński, Jerzy Nikodem
Lewinkopf, Józef - Outros nomes
- Novak, Joseph
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-06-14
- Data de falecimento
- 1991-05-03
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Polen
USA - País (no mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Łódź, Polen
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- suicide
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
- Educação
- Master of Arts (History and political science)
- Ocupações
- Professor of Dramatic prose and Criticism (Yale University)
writer - Prémios e menções honrosas
- 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) (mostrar todos 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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 35
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 7,913
- Popularidade
- #3,066
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 165
- ISBN
- 298
- Línguas
- 18
- Marcado como favorito
- 20
Narrado num ritmo alucinado, em que o protagonista passa de uma aventura a outra, de uma mulher para outra, de criminoso a defensor intransigente da lei, estre livro Jerz Kosiski- autor premiado de O Pássaro Pintado, O Videota (Muito Além do Jardim) e Passos - coloca-o como um dos maiores- se não o maior- romancistas psicológicos da atualidade.… (mais)