Jerzy Kosiński
Jerzy Kosiński (; born Józef Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933May 3, 1991) was a Polish-American writer 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 in Poland as a Jewish man and, as a young man, emigrated to the U.S., where he became a citizen.He was known for various novels, among them ''Being There'' (1971) and the controversial ''The Painted Bird'' (1965), which were adapted as films in 1979 and 2019 respectively. Provided by Wikipedia
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