Tadeusz Konwicki

Tadeusz Konwicki (1926-2015), born in Nowa Wilejka, near Vilnius, lost his father early and was raised by his great-aunt and great-uncle. Involved in the resistance, he fought the Soviets in the Lithuanian forests during the winter of 1944-1945, then made his way to Poland and enrolled at the University of Kraków without finishing his studies. At first loyal to the party line and a State Prize winner, he became a filmmaker in 1956 and received a grand prize at Venice in 1958; he left the party at the end of the sixties and joined the opposition. He died in Warsaw on 7 January 2015.

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• NovelA Minor ApocalypseMała apokalipsaTadeusz Konwicki · 1979Literature