Tyrmand, Leopold
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
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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)
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| 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 |
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