Jerzy Turowicz

Jerzy Turowicz, Warsaw (Poland), 1994

Jerzy Turowicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ tuˈrɔvit͡ʂ]; 10 December 1912; Kraków – 27 January 1999; Kraków) was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period.

He edited the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death in 1999, with only a three-year interruption beginning in 1953.

In 1938 he married Anna Gąsiorowska and they had three daughters. In May 1994 he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, the highest state award of Poland.^[1]

References

1. ^ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 3 maja 1994 r. o nadaniu orderu

• Jerzy Turowicz (1912–1999) at Tygodnik Powszechny

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Name	Turowicz, Jerzy
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Date of birth	10 December 1912
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Date of death	27 January 1999
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