Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
1919
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2000

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: diary
country of citizenship: Poland
languages spoken, written or signed: Polish
educated at: University of Warsaw
occupation: writer, journalist, literary critic, poet
award received: Order of the White Eagle, Kościelski Award, Viareggio-Versilia International Prize, honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, honorary doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈgustaf 'herlink gru 'dʑiɲskʲi]; May 20, 1919 − July 4, 2000) was a Polish writer, journalist, essayist, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident abroad during the communist system in Poland. He is best known for writing a personal account of life in the Soviet Gulag entitled A World Apart, first published in 1951 in London. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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