Andrzej Kusniewicz [1] ( Polish. Andrzej Kuśniewicz ; November 30, 1904 , p. Kovinichi , Galicia , Austria-Hungary (now Samborski district of the Lviv region of Ukraine ) - May 15, 1993 , Warsaw ) - Polish prose writer , essayist and poet . Publicist, editor, diplomat . Laureate of the State Prize of the NDP 1st degree (1974).
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| Date of Birth | November 30, 1904 | |||||
| Place of Birth | with. Kovinichi , Galicia , Austria-Hungary (now Samborsky district , Lviv region Ukraine ) | |||||
| Date of death | May 15, 1993 (88 years old) | |||||
| A place of death | Warsaw , Poland | |||||
| Citizenship |  Poland | |||||
| Occupation | prose writer , poet , editor , publicist, diplomat | |||||
| Language of Works | Polish | |||||
| Awards | State Prize NDP 1st degree | |||||
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Biography
He studied at the Krakow Academy of Arts , continued his studies at the Jagiellonian University , where he studied law and political science. In 1925-1928 he worked as a representative of a car company, made many trips to European countries.
Since 1936 - in the diplomatic service. Represented the interests of Poland in Czechoslovakia and France . He met the Second World War in Paris.
In 1940-1943 - participated in the French Resistance Movement . In 1943 he joined the French Communist Party .
The Gestapo was captured. Then - a prisoner of German concentration camps: Fren (France), Neue Bremm near the German Saarbrücken , from April 1944 - in Mauthausen .
After the war, again on diplomatic work in France. Since 1946 - a member of the Polish Workers' Party , since 1948 - in the PUWP .
In 1950, he was accused of collaborating with the French special services and recalled to his homeland, and then expelled from the party. Kusnevich’s repeated appeals were successful, and in 1953 he was reinstated in the PUWP. Since 1953, he collaborated with Polish special services. Edited by the literary monthly Miesięcznik Literacki.
He was a member of the Association of Polish Writers, later the Union of Writers of Poland.
He was buried in the Warsaw cemetery Warriors Ponzonki .
Creativity
The author of collections of poems, prose works, essays. Basically, the work of A. Kusnevich is dedicated to his small homeland - Galicia. A number of works are devoted to the underground struggle against fascism in occupied France.
Selected Works
Poetry collections
- 1956 - Słowa o nienawiści (poem)
- 1959 - “To the devil of the poker” Diabłu ogarek
- 1962 - “Personal Time” Czas prywatny
- 1975 - Piraterie
Prose
- 1961 - Korupcja
- 1963 - Eroica
- 1964 - “On the Way to Corinth” W drodze do Koryntu
- 1970 - “King of both Sicilies” Król Obojga Sycylii
- 1971 - The Zones Strefy
- 1973 - "The State of Zero Gravity " Stan nieważkości
- 1975 - The Third Kingdom by Trzecie królestwo
- 1977 - "Lesson of the Dead Language" Lekcja martwego języka
- 1980 - Stained Glass by Witraż
- 1985 - “Mix of Customs” by Mieszaniny obyczajowe
- 1987 - The Return of Nawrócenie
- 1992 - Puzzle pamięci
Essays
- 1980 - Moja historia literatury
Rewards
- Commander's Cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland
- Cavalier cross of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland
- Golden Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Silver Cross of Merit (Poland)
- Order of the Banner of Labor, 2nd degree
- State Prize NDP 1st degree
- Literary Prize of the Polish PEN Club. Parandovsky (1991)
Notes
Literature
- Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury. Słownik biobibliograficzny, t. 4, pod red. J. Czachowskiej, A. Szałagan. Warszawa: WSiP, 1996, s. 501-502. ISBN 83-02-05974-9 .
Links
- Kuśniewicz Andrzej (Polish)