Jerzy Kosinski


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Actor | Screenplay | Novel

Jerzy Kosiński , born Józef Lewinkopf, was a Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. For several decades, Kosinski was famous as a wit, a great raconteur, and a media celebrity. His first three novels were big hits. However, in June 22, 1982, "Jerzy Kosinski's Tainted Words," an article by Geoffrey Stokes and Eliot Fremont-Smith in The Village Voice, accused Jerzy Kosinski of plagiarism and dishonesty. 'The Painted Bird'...

Place of Birth: Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]

Date of Birth: Jun 14, 1933

Date of Death: May 3, 1991


Filmography

Actor (3 Known Credits)


Lodz Ghetto

Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski

Reds

Grigory Zinoviev

Bettler
Lodz Ghetto (1988)
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
Reds (1981)
Grigory Zinoviev

Screenplay (1 Known Credits)


Being There

Screenplay

Being There (1979)
Screenplay

Novel (2 Known Credits)


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