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Jerzy Kosinski
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14 June 1933 - 3 May 1991
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Jerzy Kosinski was born on June 14, 1933 in Lodz, Poland, to a Jewish family. His real name, Jerzy Nikodem Levinkopf, had to be changed as a child during the Nazi occupation of Poland. After the war he studied history and sociology. In 1957, Kosinski emigrated to the United States. In 1962, he married the heiress of the American King of Steel, Mary Hayworth Ware. In the United States, he made a dizzying literary career, for many years headed the American PEN club, enjoyed the scandalous fame of
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Jerzy Kosinski was born on June 14, 1933 in Lodz, Poland, to a Jewish family. His real name, Jerzy Nikodem Levinkopf, had to be changed as a child during the Nazi occupation of Poland. After the war he studied history and sociology. In 1957, Kosinski emigrated to the United States. In 1962, he married the heiress of the American King of Steel, Mary Hayworth Ware. In the United States, he made a dizzying literary career, for many years headed the American PEN club, enjoyed the scandalous fame of a plagiarist and pervert. Kosinski's most famous books are "The Painted Bird" and "The Gardener". The first was allegedly autobiographical and described on behalf of the main character of the boy’s wandering through the villages and swamps of Polesie occupied by the Nazis. “Painted bird” received in France the award as the best book by a foreign author, a number of critics call it “the most cruel work of the twentieth century. Among other novels of the writer - "Blind Date", "Pinball", "Steps", "Devil's Tree". The novel “Gardener” was filmed by director Hal Ashby. The author was repeatedly accused of plagiarism, referring to the fact that his works are stylistically very different from each other, and in addition, Kosinski did not speak English very well, therefore he used the services of literati. On 3 May 1991, Jerzy Kosinski committed suicide. The tabloid press spread the version of death as a result of autoerotic strangulation, but the court verdict did not confirm this.