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Jerzy Giedroyc
Jerzy Giedroyc (Maisons-Laffitte, 1997)Born Jerzy Władysław Giedroyc
July 27, 1906
Minsk, Russian EmpireDied September 14, 2000 (aged 94)
Maisons-Laffitte, FranceResting place Le Mesnil-le-Roi Language Polish Nationality Polish Alma mater University of Warsaw Jerzy Giedroyc (27 July 1906 in Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) – 14 September 2000 in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France[1]) was a Polish writer and political activist.
A conservative in interwar Poland, after World War II he published and edited a leading Polish-émigré literary-political journal, Kultura (1947–2000).
In 2006 the Polish Sejm declared the year 2006 to be the "Year of Jerzy Giedroyc."
References
- ^ Polish Culture Jerzy Giedroyc page
External links
Categories:- 1906 births
- 2000 deaths
- People from Minsk
- Polish activists
- Polish writers
- Légion d'honneur recipients
- Polish opinion journalists
- Polish writer stubs
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