Mieczyslaw Jastrun
Tadeusz Konwicki
Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer, film director. Recipient State prize, 3d Class, 1950, 54, 1st Class, 1966, knight's cross order of Polonia Restituta, 1954, officer's cross, 1964, medal of 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, 1955, Mondello prize for literature, 1981. Partisan, Home Army detachment, 1944-1945. Member Polish Writers Association.
Background
Konwicki, Tadeusz was born on June 22, 1926 in Nowa Wilejka, Poland. Son of Michal and Jadwiga (Kiezun) K.Career
- Member editorial staff Nowa Kultura magazine, 1950-1957; Screenwriter, director: (films) Ostatni dzien lata, 1958 (Venice Film Festival Grand Prix 1958), Zaduszki, 1961 (Mannheim Film Festival prize 1962), Salto, 1965, Jak daleko stad, jak blisko, 1971 (San Remo Film Festival prize 1972), Dolina Issy, 1982, Lawa, 1989; screenwriter: (films) Kariera, 1955, Zimowy zmierzch, 1957, Matka Joanna od Aniolów, 1961, Faraon, 1965, Matura, 1965, Jowita, 1967, Austeria, 1983, Kronika wypadkow milosnych, 1986; author: (fiction) Przy budowie, 1950 (State prize for literature 1950), Godzina Smutku, 1954, Wladza, 1954 (State prize for literature 1954), Z Oblezonego miasta, 1956, Rojsty, 1956, Dziura w niebie, 1959, Sennik wspolczesny, 1963 (public as A Dreambook for Our Time, 1969), Wniebowstapienie, 1967, Nic albo nic, 1971, Kronika wypadków milosnych, 1974, Kalendarz i klepsydra, 1976, Kompleks polski, 1977 (public as The Polish Complex, 1982), Mala apokalipsa, 1979 (public as A Minor Apocalypse, 1983), Wschody i zachody ksiezyca, 1982 (public as Moonrise, Moonset, 1987), Rzeka podziemna, podziemne ptaki, 1984, Kronika wypadków milosnych, 1985, Nowy swait i okolice, 1986 (public as New World Avenue and Vicinity, 1991), Bohin, 1987 (public as Bohin Manor, 1990); (other) Zwierzoczlekoupiór, 1977 (public as The Anthropos-Specter-Beast, 1977), Dlaczego kot jest kot, 1976, Pol wieku czyscca: Rozmowy z Tadeuszem Konwickim, 1986.