Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosiński, born Józef Lewinkopf, was an award-winning Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. Born in Poland, he survived World War II and, as a young man, emigrated to the U.S., where he became a citizen...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 June 1933
CountryPoland
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A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.
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Photography was the first foreign language of my artistic expression.
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There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.