Writer
Jerzy Andrzejewski
1909 – 1983
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1958–1960
- Schools and movements
- Polish Cinema
Directors worked with
Biography
Jerzy Andrzejewski was a prolific Polish writer. His works confront controversial moral issues such as betrayal, the Jews and Auschwitz in the wartime. His novels, Ashes and Diamonds, and Holy Week, 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".
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Awards and honours
International
- Work Flag Order, 1st class 1949
- Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2006
- Order of the Banner of Work
2 films on this site
- Ashes and Diamonds 1958 · Andrzej Wajda · IMDb 7.7 · Writer
- Innocent Sorcerers 1960 · Andrzej Wajda · IMDb 7.3 · Writer