WRITER

Jerzy Andrzejewski

1909 - 1983

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Jerzy Andrzejewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ andʐɛˈjɛfskʲi]; 19 August 1909 – 19 April 1983) was a prolific Polish writer. His works confront controversial moral issues such as betrayal, the Jews and Auschwitz in the wartime. His novels, Ashes and Diamonds (about the immediate post-war situation in Poland), and Holy Week (treating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising), have been made into film adaptations by the Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda. Holy Week and Ashes and Diamonds have both been translated into English. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerzy Andrzejewski is the 2,656th most popular writer (down from 2,481st in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 546th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 2,656 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcel Prévost, S. S. Van Dine, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Terry Brooks, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, and Konstantin Mihailović. After him are Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Stanko Vraz, Vydūnas, Betti Alver, John Millington Synge, and Praxilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 138. Before him are Marie-Thérèse Walter, Hendrik Casimir, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ben Webster, Sylvère Maes, and Guy de Rothschild. After him are Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Aenne Burda, Shigeo Shingo, Richard Wurmbrand, Bert Patenaude, and Gene Krupa. Among people deceased in 1983, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 97. Before him are Ángel Labruna, Juan López Fontana, Charlie Rivel, Florence Owens Thompson, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and Grigori Aleksandrov. After him are Yuri Levitan, Fritz Machlup, Anthony Blunt, Shūji Terayama, John Williams, and Vladimir Bakarić.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 583 out of 1,694. Before him are Yitzhak Sadeh (1890), Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801), Henryk Kasperczak (1946), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Elisabeth Becker (1923), and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925). After him are Nahum Sokolow (1859), Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (1318), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Władysław Bartoszewski (1922), and Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jerzy Andrzejewski ranks 58. Before him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Stefan Żeromski (1864), Cyprian Norwid (1821), Stanisław Konarski (1700), George Adamski (1891), and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925). After him are Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Sholem Asch (1880), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Adam Michnik (1946), and Alexander Imich (1903).

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