Jerzy Andrzejewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jerzy Andrzejewski

Polish author

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1909

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1983

Profession: screenwriter, writer, politician, playwright, artist, journalist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jerzy Andrzejewski (Polish pronunciation: ['j??? and??'j?fsk?i]; 19 August 1909 – 19 April 1983) was a prolific Polish author.
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.
His novel The Gates of Paradise was translated into English by James Kirkup and published by Panther Books with the anglicised spelling "George Andrzeyevski".