Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski was born in Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland on June 14th, 1933 and is the Novelist. At the age of 57, Jerzy Kosinski biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Born Jerzy Kosinski (June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991), a Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N. who wrote mainly in English.
Born in Poland, he survived World War II and immigrated to the United States, where he became a citizen. He was known for many books, including The Painted Bird (1965) and Being There (1970), which were both adapted as films in 1979 and 2019.
Awards and honors
- 1966 – Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (essay category) for The Painted Bird
- 1969 – National Book Award for Steps.
- 1970 – Award in Literature, National Institute of Arts and Letters and American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1973–75 – President of the American Chapter of P.E.N. Re-elected 1974, serving the maximum permitted two terms
- 1974 – B'rith Shalom Humanitarian Freedom Award
- 1977 – American Civil Liberties Union First Amendment Award
- 1979 – Writers Guild of America, East Best Screenplay Award for Being There (shared with screenwriter Robert C. Jones)
- 1980 – Polonia Media Perspectives Achievement Award
- 1981 – British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Best Screenplay of the Year Award for Being There
- International House Harry Edmonds Life Achievement Award
- Received PhD Honoris Causa in Hebrew Letters from Spertus College of Judaica
- 1988 – Received PhD Honoris Causa in Humane Letters from Albion College, Michigan
- 1989 – Received PhD Honoris Causa in Humane Letters from State University of New York at Potsdam