Tyrmand, Leopold

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Polish-American novelist and author; vice president, Rockford Institute, 1980-1985; editor, Chronicles of Culture, 1977-1985.

From the description of Leopold Tyrmand papers, 1941-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872270

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

  • 1920, May 16: Born, Warsaw, Poland
  • 1938 - 1939 : Student, Department of Architecture, L'Academie des Beaux-Arts, Paris
  • 1941: Wilno, Soviet occupied zone, arrested and sentenced for 25 years for political activities
  • 1942 - 1944 : Voluntary labor, Germany
  • 1944: Concentration camp prisoner, Norway
  • 1946: Chief-correspondent, Polish Press Agency, Norway
  • 1946: Returned to Poland
  • 1947 - 1948 : Assumed various positions as journalist
  • 1949 - 1953 : Joined Tygodnik Powszechny
  • 1954: Wrote Dziennik, 1954
  • 1955: Author, Zly
  • 1956: Organized First Jazz Music Festival
  • 1959: Author, Seven Long Voyages
  • 1961: Author, Filip
  • 1964: Suspended from publishing
  • 1965: Traveled around Europe
  • 1966: State Department invitation to U.S.
  • 1967: U.S. permanent residence
  • 1967: Published first essays, New Yorker Magazine
  • 1968 - 1969 : Lecturer, Slavic Literature Department, Columbia University
  • 1970: Author, Notebook of a Dilettante
  • 1970: Editor, Kultura Essays, Explorations in Freedom
  • 1971: Married Mary Ellen Fox
  • 1972: Author, Rosa Luxemburg Contraceptives Cooperative
  • 1976 - 1980 : Associate Director, Rockford College
  • 1977 - 1985 : Editor, Chronicles of Culture
  • 1978: Author, Media Shangri-La
  • 1981: Appointed Vice-President, Rockford College Edits, Rockford Papers
  • 1985: Author, Ugly, Beautiful People
  • 1985, March, 19: Died, Fort Myers, Florida

From the guide to the Leopold Tyrmand Papers, 1941-1985, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history collection, 1919-1986. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Tyrmand, Leopold. Leopold Tyrmand papers, 1941-1985. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Józef Wittlin correspondence and compositions, 1940-1976. Houghton Library
creatorOf Tyrmand, Leopold. [Collection of autograph presentation copies of Polish literature and art to Leopold Tyrmand] University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn Witold Gombrowicz archive, 1902-1998 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Gombrowicz, Witold. Witold Gombrowicz archive, 1902-1998. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991. Material by and about Warren Chappell, 1937-1989. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Leo Raditsa Papers, 1947-2001 Houghton Library
referencedIn New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Leopold Tyrmand Papers, 1941-1985 Hoover Institution Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991. person
associatedWith Gombrowicz, Witold. person
associatedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. corporateBody
correspondedWith Raditsa, Leo. person
associatedWith Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 person
associatedWith University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. corporateBody
correspondedWith Wittlin, Józef, 1896- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Poland
United States
Poland
Subject
American literature
Civilization, Modern
Communism
Communism and culture
Conservatism
Conservatism
Poles
Polish literature
Polish people
Sex customs
Sex customs
Occupation
Activity

Person

Active 1941

Active 1985

English,

Polish

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