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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jerzy_KosińskiJerzy Kosiński - Wikipedia

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   Jerzy Kosiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕij̃skʲi]; born Józef Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was a Polish-American writer and two-time president of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Painted_BirdThe Painted Bird - Wikipedia

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   The Painted Bird is a 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosiński that describes World War II as seen by a boy, considered a "Gypsy or Jewish stray," [1] wandering about small villages scattered around an unspecified country in Central or Eastern Europe (usually assumed to be Poland).

   • Author: Jerzy N. Kosinski

   • Publish Year: 1965

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Ugly_Black_BirdThe Ugly Black Bird - Wikipedia

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   The Ugly Black Bird: The Real Story of Jerzy Kosiński's Wartime Childhood (Polish: Czarny ptasior) is a 1994 book by Polish journalist Joanna Siedlecka about Jerzy Kosiński (Polish-American writer and Holocaust survivor).

4. michaeleasson.com › literature › 2014-jerzy-kosinski(2014) Jerzy Kosinski (1933-1991): A Closer Look

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   Aug 29, 2014 · A child of the Shoah. His city annexed by the Reich one night, Litzmannstadt became destination stop before the furnace. At age six and sent to central Poland under false identity, He was hidden by local families. A baptism certificate masked his origin. And altar boy duties enabled him to blend in.

5. www.new-east-archive.org › features › showThe Painted Bird: the search for truth — and hope — in Jerzy ...

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   Jun 10, 2020 · Jerzy Kosiński’s novel The Painted Bird contains depictions of wartime brutality that shock even the most desensitised reader. It tells the tale of an orphaned boy wandering through villages in war-torn Eastern Europe, meeting a rogues’ gallery of strange, abusive characters.

6. airmail.news › issues › 2020/7/18Behind The Painted Bird | July 18, 2020 - Air Mail

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   Jul 18, 2020 · Behind The Painted Bird. The contentious Holocaust author Jerzy Kosiński turned down every offer for a film adaptation. A Czech filmmaker finally takes on the story. By Tobias Grey. July 18, 2020. Reading Time: 4 minutes.

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   Who is Jerzy Kosinski?

   • Photograph by Inge Morath / The Inge Morath Foundation / Magnum In 1982, Jerzy Kosinski, the Polish-American novelist and literary celebrity, appeared on the cover of the Times Magazine, photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

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   Did Kosinski rehearse a sting of truth?

   • Rather than yielding new insights into Kosinski, this section of the book mainly rehearses familiar stories about him. “The book was a replica of his secret life, and the monstrosities he revealed had the sting of truth. . . .

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   Was Kosinski a Painted Bird?

   • It was universally assumed that Kosinski was the painted bird of the title, and that the book, like the stories its author so often told about his life, was autobiographical. Elie Wiesel endorsed it as a chronicle of “unusual power”; others marvelled that Kosinski had written it in English, given that it was not his first language.

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   Why did Kosinski dislike Communism?

   • Kosiński also studied in the Soviet Union, and served as a sharpshooter in the Polish Army. His biographer claimed that Kosinski disliked conformity and, therefore, the communism that his father swore an allegiance to, developing anti-communist views.

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8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2017/03/27Jerzy Kosinski’s Traumas, Real and Invented | The New Yorker

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   Mar 20, 2017 · Jerzy Kosinski’s Traumas, Real and Invented. Jerome Charyn’s “Jerzy” is a moving attempt to trace the connections between Kosinski’s wartime struggles and postwar fictions. By Ruth...