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Date of Birth
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14-June-1933
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Place of Birth
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Åódź
(Poland, Åódź Voivodeship)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Jerzy Kosinski, Józef Lewinkopf, Jerzy N. Kosinski, Jerzy Lewinkopf, Jerzy Nikodem Kosinski
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Profession
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Novelist, Author, Actor, Screenwriter, Photographer
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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.
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