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    Jerzy Kosiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕij̃skʲi]; born Józef Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was an American-Jewish novelist of Polish...
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  • journalist Joanna Siedlecka about Jerzy Kosiński. The book has successfully discredited the autobiographical value of Kosiński's The Painted Bird, although a...
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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," wandering about...
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  • is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński, and adapted for the screen by Kosiński and the uncredited Robert C. Jones. Jack Warden...
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  • Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill. The supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosiński, Paul Sorvino, Maureen Stapleton, Gene Hackman, Ramon Bieri, Nicolas...
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  • author Jerzy Kosiński after a romance of 18 months. Kosiński had emigrated from Poland in December 1957 to the United States. Weir and Kosinski met in...
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    Steps is a book by a Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosiński, released in 1968 by Random House. The work comprises scores of loosely connected vignettes...
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    believe the book inspired the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosiński, with some charging Kosiński with plagiarism, which sparked considerable controversy...
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  • written, directed and produced by Václav Marhoul. An adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's novel of the same name, it is the first film to feature the Interslavic...
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  • Cockpit is a novel by Polish-American author Jerzy Kosiński, published in 1975. Cockpit is a debriefing after a long, tortuous mission. An agent known...
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    Theater 1996 King Lear Edmund The Public Theater 2001 More Lies About Jerzy Jerzy Kosiński Vineyard Theatre Hamlet Prince Hamlet Shakespeare Theatre of New...
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    believed. An American novel, Being There (1971), by fellow Polish native Jerzy Kosiński, has been said to bear a strong resemblance to the exploits of Nicodemus...
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  • twentieth-century art Gerard Kosinski (born 1954), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991), Polish-American...
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  • tennis player Jerzy Jurka, Polish-American computational and molecular biologist Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American...
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    author Jerzy Kosiński: "I liked the in-joke. Hence, Jerzy Livingston." he explained. One of his best-known characters while writing as Jerzy Livingstone...
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    I get afraid." While he attributed the recent suicide of novelist Jerzy Kosiński to his fear of losing his creativity and sharpness, Williams felt he...
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  • Being There is a satirical novel by the Polish-born writer Jerzy Kosinski, published April 21, 1971. Set in America, the story concerns Chance, a simple...
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  • (1932–2013) Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2007) Ryszard Kapuściński (1933–1991) Jerzy Kosiński (born 1933) Joanna Olczak-Ronikier (1934–1969) Marek Hłasko (1934–1976)...
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  • Wallace mentions Omensetter’s Luck by William H. Gass (1966); Steps by Jerzy Kosiński (1968); Angels by Denis Johnson (1983); Blood Meridian: Or the Evening...
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  • More Lies About Jerzy is a play written by Davey Holmes, inspired by the last days of the Polish-American novelist, Jerzy Kosiński. It was first produced...
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  • song sung by Margaret Whiting and Bob Hope Blind Date, 1977 novel by Jerzy Kosiński Blind Date, art piece by John Duncan Blind (disambiguation) Date (disambiguation)...
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    myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity." — Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist (3 May 1991), in his suicide note "Don't worry...
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    Coover, Jean Rhys, Donald Barthelme, E. L. Doctorow, Richard Kalich, Jerzy Kosiński, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon (Pynchon's work has also been described...
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  • Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Senators Chris Dodd and Larry Pressler, author Jerzy Kosiński, songwriter Ahmet Ertegun, and Donald Trump. The couple divorced in...
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    Kasia. After the divorce, she was in a relationship with Jerzy Kosiński for four years; Kosinski left her a note just before his suicide. In 1993, she married...
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  • Pannonica de Koenigswarter – jazz patron and write Jeff Koons – artist Jerzy Kosiński – novelist Bruce Kovner – hedge fund manager Dennis Kozlowski – former...
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    name of the band comes from the title of the novel The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński. Daniel Kahn coined the word "Verfremdungsklezmer", meaning "alienation...
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  • Mikhail Bulgakov – The Master and Margarita (1967) (unfinished in 1940) Jerzy Kosiński – Steps (1968) Tomás Rivera – …y no se lo tragó la tierra (…And the...
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  • Cockpit (2017 film), a 2017 Indian film Cockpit (novel), a 1975 novel by Jerzy Kosiński The Cockpit (OVA), a 1993 anime based on three manga by artist Leiji...
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    teacher turned Patton onto Marquis de Sade and The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński, while Dan Horton, their music teacher, let them use the music room...
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