Awards & Winners

Jerzy Kosi?ski

Date of Birth 14-June-1933
Place of Birth Łódź
(Poland, Łódź Voivodeship)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Jerzy Kosinski, Józef Lewinkopf, Jerzy N. Kosinski, Jerzy Lewinkopf, Jerzy Nikodem Kosinski
Profession Novelist, Author, Actor, Screenwriter, Photographer
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 America, where he became a citizen. He was known for various novels, among them The Painted Bird and Being There. Being There was adapted as an Academy Award-winning film in 1979.

Awards by Jerzy Kosi?ski

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jerzy Kosi?ski.

1981


BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Being There

Nominations 1981 »

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BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay Being There

1980


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy
Honored for : Being There

Nominations 1980 »

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy Being There

1979


Nominations 1979 »

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Being There

1971


Nominations 1971 »

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Nebula Award for Best Novella Being There

1969


National Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : Steps

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Fiction Steps