Tadeusz Konwicki (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Tadeusz Konwicki (kon-VIHK-ih), talented as a short-story writer, novelist, filmmaker, and journalist, is a major literary figure in Poland. He has also attracted considerable notice in the West, his reputation growing as the number of his works available in English translation increases. Konwicki was born on July 22, 1926, into a working family in Nowa Wilejka. His love for the land developed early and formed the nationalism that became a motivating factor for his later military, political, and artistic activity. The fate of his native region could be said to have shaped his writing...
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