Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
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Jerzy Kosinski, Polish-American author, was born Józef Lewinkopf on June 14, 1933 in Łodź, Poland. His experiences as a war refugee and in post-war Poland informed his works of fiction, most notably The Painted Bird. He immigrated to the United States in 1957 and studied political sociology at Columbia University. Among his many honors is a National Book Award in 1969. In the early 1970s, Kosinski was a Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Drama.
Kosinski's early works of nonfiction were written under the pseudonym of Joseph Novak: The Future is Ours, Comrade (1960) and No Third Path (1962). His works of fiction include The Painted Bird (1965), Steps (1968), Being There (1971), Devil Tree (1973), Cockpit (1975), Blind Date (1977), Passion Play (1979), Pinball (1982) and The Hermit of 69th Street : the working papers of Norbert Kosky (1988).
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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| referencedIn | New Yorker records, ca.1924-1984 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division |
| referencedIn | New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division |
| referencedIn | World Jewish Congress Records, 1918-1982, 1940-1980 | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| referencedIn | Gore Vidal papers, 1875-2004 (inclusive), 1936-2000 (bulk). | Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard |
| creatorOf | Katherina von Fraunhofer-Kosinski collection of Jerzy Kosinski 1906-2005 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
| creatorOf | Kosinski, Jerry. Kosinski, Jerry : [photography bio file]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library |
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| associatedWith | Ashby, Hal, 1929-1988 | person |
| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Columbia University | corporateBody |
| honoredBy | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1959 | corporateBody |
| spouseOf | Kiki Kosinski. | person |
| correspondedWith | New Yorker Magazine, Inc | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Polanski, Roman | person |
| associatedWith | Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 | person |
| associatedWith | Vidal, Gore, 1925- | person |
| spouseOf | Weir, Mary Hayward. | person |
| associatedWith | World Jewish Congress | corporateBody |
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| Manhattan | NY | US | |
| Łódź | 74 | PL |
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| Authors, Polish--20th century--Archives |
| Authors, American--20th century--Archives |
| American literature--20th century |
| Polish literature--20th century |
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Death 1991-05-03
Birth 1933-06-18
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